From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 1 14:01:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C096D16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 14:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay16-f93.bay16.hotmail.com [65.54.186.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90BF343D41 for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 14:01:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bizdiva@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 1 May 2004 14:01:23 -0700 Received: from 208.201.238.102 by by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 01 May 2004 21:01:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.201.238.102] X-Originating-Email: [bizdiva@hotmail.com] X-Sender: bizdiva@hotmail.com From: "Biz Diva" To: emattman@cascadeaccess.com Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 14:01:23 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 May 2004 21:01:23.0450 (UTC) FILETIME=[75C7BDA0:01C42FBF] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD Not Making Friendly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 21:01:23 -0000 I tried the disk on another PC and it worked fine, up to a point. I got to the window where it shows the machine's settings and it reported 7 conflicts. (This machine is running Windows95). All of the options were "collapsed" so, I began opening them to see what further info I could gather. After collapsing the third tier of options (multimedia), the screen went black. I removed the FreeBSD CD and rebooted to windows. No losses. ***The original pc that I wrote to you all about is a BSD box. Nothing else on it. I need to tell the BSD box to boot from the CD-ROM but don't know how to make the changes in configuration. It could be that the CD-ROM was improperly configured to begin with. ***There is nothing on the BSD box that I am concerned about losing so, a complete wipe with an install of 4.9 or later will be fine! I am willing to start from scratch! The problem is, getting the CD-ROM accessed and getting the latest media to that box. a. I burned the latest 4.x version ISO images to CD in binary via ftp b. I was unable to download the floppy images because of insufficient media error msgs. ***BOTTOM LINE: I need to boot from the CD-ROM on the BSD box and don't know how to configure the box to do so. A friend built the box and as such, only he knows how he configured it and I cannot reach him. (sigh). I am working through Annelise's book FreeBSD, to get my machine upgraded and functional. Thank God for that book and this forum! I appreciate everyone's help and assistance! Biz >From: Matt Anderson >Reply-To: emattman@cascadeaccess.com >To: Biz Diva >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: FreeBSD Not Making Friendly >Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 07:23:40 -0700 (PDT) > >My first thought on reading of your problem is to wonder if you have a bad >cdrom. I mean the actual disc. Not the drive. Can you try it on another >computer? > >Matt Anderson > > >On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Biz Diva wrote: > > > To All: > > > > The screen says: Located INDEX, now reading package data from it... > > The actual message that I get when re-routed to the prompt from trying >to do > > a CD-ROM upgrade is: Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > > > > > Then I get kicked back to the prompt. > > > > Biz > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – >FREE > > download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/