Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:42:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Hoelscher <mhoelsch@ctc.ctc.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Install to former NT Server box - questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309114114.5101N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980309103611.007e2df0@ctc.ctc.edu>
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Michael Hoelscher wrote: > >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. :<( It's posted on the Usage screen and mentioned here and there. > 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. You're using <return>, not <space> to select distributions. Someone else had the same roblem last week. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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