Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:00:06 -0500 From: Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@netzero.net> To: Richard Childers <childers@best.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: foo Message-ID: <3A956FC6.9643F97F@netzero.net> References: <200102221623.IAA26878@shell16.ba.best.com>
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Richard, Point number one: Great choice of subject! It caught my attention right away. ;-) > I just heard that 4.2 was out and went to find a copy; ended up driving to > South San Francisco and finding it at CompUSA. It wasn't shrinkwrapped; I > note this in the hopes that those reading these words whom are involved in > the distribution can confirm whether FreeBSD is normally distributed taped > shut, or shrinkwrapped as more conventional 'wares tend to be ... even if > they are assembled in a box. I have seen copies of what I think you are talking about in Best Buy and one other store. I can't recall off the top of my head but I believe they weren't shrink-wrapped. Just taped. > I insert the second diskette, and it says > > can't find '/mfsroot' > > It then goes into the kernel configuration menu. Regardless of whether I trim > the kernel, or not, the sequence is the same: it proceeds to probe the bus, > then we see > > panic: no init > syncing disks ... # here comes that syncing feeling (-: > done > Uptime: 2s > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press any keep to abort > > <insert glyph of pumpkin gun [big brother to potato gun] accelerating laptop > and FreeBSD 4.2 into low orbit ... unsuccessfully ... impatient, aren't we.> > > Any suggestions? I have no real idea about this, but something similar happened to me once. I got no error messages when formatting, or coping the data onto, the disks but they would fail on the install. I replaced the disks with others and tried again, and it worked. If you haven't tried a second pair of disks I would suggest trying that just to make sure. Note: I have never done a FreeBSD install on a laptop so all my experiences are null and void. Any relation to reality is purely coincidental. Kevin Brunelle -- "Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to anger." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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