Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:38:09 +0530 From: "Vishal Gandhi Kommineni" <vishal@southernonline.net> To: "Marcia Barrett Nice" <mimerki@myrealbox.com> Cc: "freebsd-newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 Message-ID: <02e401c29b5b$8504aac0$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net> References: <02d201c29ab3$02c0abc0$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net> <02120307291301.00421@Rozinante>
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You are right that i installed boot manager and FreeBSD is the only os on
the pc, but the problem is it doesent go further rather it simply gives a
beep tone whenever i press F1 or enter
Thanks
Vishal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcia Barrett Nice" <mimerki@myrealbox.com>
To: "Vishal Gandhi Kommineni" <vishal@southernonline.net>; "freebsd-newbies"
<freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1
> On Tuesday 03 December 2002 05:01 am, Vishal Gandhi Kommineni wrote F1
> FreeBSD Default: F1:
> | Hi I am a newbie to freebsd i have just installed ver 4.7 and after the
> | installation without any aparent errors when the system reboots i am
> | getting the below message and the machine doesent boot. Any help in this
> | regard will be hightly appreciated,
> |
> |
> | F1 FreeBSD
> | Default: F1
> |
> |
> | Vishal
> |
> |
>
> You installed the FreeBSD boot manager, right? If FreeBSD is the only
> operating system on the computer, then everything is fine and you should
hit
> F1 or Enter (or just let it sit and it will boot on its own).
>
> To give you a comparison, my computer comes up (my notes in curly
braces{}):
>
> F1 DOS {well, it's Win98}
> F2 FreeBSD
>
> Default: F2 {whichever I used last, usually FBSD}
>
> So, thus far, everything is just the way it should be.
>
> After you hit F1, it will want to pause before it loads the kernel.
There's
> a reason for this, but you probably don't need to worry about it on a
fresh
> install. You can let it count down or hit Enter to get the kernel to
load.
>
> Then, a long bunch of stuff will scroll up your screen. Again this is
> supposed to happen. (I have to admit I don't usually pay too much
attention
> to it unless I'm trying to see if my ethernet card is working, so I can't
> really tell you what most of it is.)
>
> Then it will ask you to log in with your username and password.
>
> And finally, you will get a Welcome to FreeBSD message and a command
prompt
> ($). Beyond that, you're in, and if you have problems you should feel
free
> to ask questions (though most questions belong on questions@freebsd.org
> rather than newbies).
>
> Welcome aboard. FreeBSD is actually a lot of fun.
>
> Marci
>
> --
> Oh thou of noble birth meditate upon thy own tutelary deity."
> -The Tibetan Book of the Dead
>
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