From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 11:10:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07553 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:10:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ctc.ctc.edu (root@ctc.ctc.edu [134.39.2.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07490 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:10:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhoelsch@pierce.ctc.edu) Received: from mhoelsch ([134.39.110.254]) by ctc.ctc.edu with SMTP (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA29654; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:10:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980309103611.007e2df0@ctc.ctc.edu> X-Sender: mhoelsch@ctc.ctc.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 10:36:11 -0800 To: Doug White From: Michael Hoelscher Subject: Re: Newbie Install to former NT Server box - questions Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980306151950.007e6d30@ctc.ctc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:00 AM 3/9/98 -0800, Doug White wrote: >>On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Michael Hoelscher wrote: >> I'm installing FreeBSD [via FTP] for the first time, on a former NT >> Server box [Micron PPro200, single CPU, IDE, Dec NIC]. >> The boot.flp seemed to find all hardware no problem. > >OK so far. > >> 1] While trying to install first time I selected partition A(ll) to FreeBSD, >> then tried to continue with Novice install. It would repeatedly just >> toss me back to the main install selection menu, with no error message. > >Odd. Press ALT-F2 and see what's up. Thanks for this key combo. Hmmmm....don't recall seeing the ALT-F2 option doc'd anywhere in the install docs I read; or the fact that on a comm error [crc errors during ftp, in my case] a 3-finger-salute will allow restart of the ftp at point of failure. I like this, but wish it had been more obvious in the general html docs, manual, or FAQ. [or did I brain-lock, and look right past this info??]. I'd swear I read and searched the FreeBSD site every-which-way. :<( The above led me to fix my freeze-up problem. But does not answer the question of why the Novice option kept kicking to the main menu. I suspect I may be able to go back an see what happened there once the install completes successfully. Thanks again.........Mike Michael Hoelscher, Tech Support Mgr, Internet Coordinator Pierce College 9401 Farwest Dr SW Lakewood WA 98498 USA mailto:mhoelsch@pierce.ctc.edu 253.964.6536 Voice 253.964.7339 FAX <<< The above thoughts emanate only from MY cerebral wasteland >>> "Character is doing what's right when no one is looking" -- J.C. Watts To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message