Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:52:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Callum Haig <haig@cleo.murdoch.edu.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with error message. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961106215157.12066L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961107010856.7436A-100000@cleo>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Callum Haig wrote: > I posted this group some days ago explaining difficulties installing > FreeBSD on my (small) system: 4meg 386dx40. What was holding me up was > not a serious matter and I have managed to get the OS installed so that > it boots from hard disk. > > ... Well almost. It starts booting from hard disk and seems to be making > substantial headway, but then gets caught in an endless cycle of > 'sleeps'. I will recount the last few lines displayed during the boot: > > configuring syscons:. > . > Local package startup:. > Wed Nov 6 22:08:20 1996 > Nov 6 22:08:20 myname init: getty repeating too quickly on port > /dev/ttyv2, sleeping 30 secs > Nov 6 22:08:20 myname init: getty repeating too quickly on port > /dev/ttyv1, sleeping 30 secs > Nov 6 22:08:21 myname init: getty repeating too quickly on port > /dev/ttyv0, sleeping 30 secs > Nov 6 22:08:21 myname init: getty repeating too quickly on port > /dev/ttyv2, sleeping 30 secs > > Can anyone shed any light. I realise I haven't provided much > information, but I wouldn't know quite what to provide. Perhaps takers > can let me know what details I need to give. Hm. There are two possible problems: 1. getty is broken for some reason. This can happen with an incomplete install. 2. Somehow the tty devices weren't created. Login as root, cd /dev, and type ./MAKEDEV vty4 Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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