From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 25 23:25:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA06297 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 23:25:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA06289 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 23:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id JAA20181; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:24:59 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma020179; Thu Jun 26 09:24:32 1997 Message-ID: <33B20AEB.5D8E@barcode.co.il> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:23:39 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: regina hakoopian CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing freebsd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk regina hakoopian wrote: > > I recently got FreeBSD 2.2.2 from Walnut Creek CDROM. It seems that I was able > to do a partial install. > When I boot my system (Windows 95) I do get the F? prompt asking for DOS or > FreeBSD. However, as I follow the steps outlined in the Novice installation, I > run into problems at the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor: > There is nothing there to edit! > When I select 'A', it says, "you can only do this in a disk slice (at top of > screen)". So I press Q. As I move along the process, I get the messages > > no root device found > > no swap devices found > > no /usr filesystem found > > couldn't make filesystems > properly. Aborting > > I can't seem to solve this problem. Do think you can help? Thanks. What slice did you choose to install on? What is the hardware configuration? (specificaly, number, types and partitioning of disks)? Nadav