Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:35:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: wiseman <wiseman@gisco.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <19980303123559.04778@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34FAF0C9.472F@gisco.net>; from wiseman on Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 12:47:53PM -0500 References: <34F50EE0.5AA5@gisco.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980226162843.655F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> <19980227110722.13463@freebie.lemis.com> <34F64DD8.196D@gisco.net> <19980227160222.59858@freebie.lemis.com> <34FAF0C9.472F@gisco.net>
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On Mon, 2 March 1998 at 12:47:53 -0500, wiseman wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Fri, 27 February 1998 at 0:23:37 -0500, Joey wrote: >>> Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, 26 February 1998 at 16:32:57 -0800, Doug White wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Joey wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Im having trouble getting my internet connection right when trying to >>>>>> install the FreeBSD...I thought maybe I would try to directly download >>>>>> the files I need and put them on disk and then install but I cant find >>>>>> exactly what files I need...and which ones are extras.. >>>>>> mailto:wiseman@gisco.net >>>>> >>>>> http://www.lemis.com/handbook/what-to-download.html >>>> >>>> Don't bookmark this location. I'm planning to fold it into the >>>> handbook, after which it will disappear. >>>> >>> Thanks for the link. I printed it out so I could continue to look at it >>> if you folded it before I finished this. It was a big help for >>> me...thanks >> >> You're welcome. It's not going to go away *that* fast; it'll be there >> for at least another week or two. >> >> You might like to take another look. I've just updated it. > > Well in trying to install FreeBSD I accidently erased my c: drive > partition and lost everything...took me the rest of yesterday to get > this straightened out...I get all the way up to where is says > NO root device found- you must label a partition as / in the label > editor.... > I tried to do just that but keep on getting the same message...now I > dont know what to do .... Well, I haven't heard of problems specifically in that area. Maybe somebody else has, so I've copied -questions (it's a bad idea to send me private mail on this kind of question; you're limiting your options). You've typed in the name of the file system, and it complains immediately? Maybe you should describe what you've done in more detail. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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