From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 18:26:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCEA616A4BF for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:26:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from corpweb.trip.net (corpweb.trip.net [216.139.64.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279A643F93 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:26:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from veltman@intergate.com) Received: from veltman (host-66-81-176-239.rev.o1.com [66.81.176.239]) by corpweb.trip.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h7L1QAEp057514 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:26:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <000a01c36784$2241d6b0$efb05142@intergate.com> From: "Harry Veltman" To: Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:32:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.8 on an NT 4 System X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:26:14 -0000 After installing FreeBSD 4.8 into an unpartitioned free-space, it states that the installation was successful, but when I start the computer and press F3 to load FreeBSD instead of NT 4, it finally wants me to enter my user name and password. After doing so, it displays a "$" sign and a blinking space which waits for me to enter a command, but I have no clue what it wants me to enter. If I enter / is states "permission is denied." Installation instructions state "always restore the BIOS to natural drive numbering before installing FreeFSD..." Will you please tell me how to do that? I can't find a clue in BIOS Setup or in Windows. Could that have anything to do with my problem getting FreeBSD to load? I installed it from a CD-ROM I bought. I've spent two days re-installing it several times and trying different things. I have read part of the FreeBSD Handbook about installation. On a previous installation, it stated "WARNING: / was not properly dismounted," but my recent installation gave no such warning or error messages. FreeBSD is very frustrating. I'm trying to find a good, cheap OS as an alternative to buying a new Apple with OS X Jaguar or upgrading my NT 4 to Windows 2000. I thought FreeBSD might be the solution after reading about it, but it doesn't work. If I have trouble installing an OS, it isn't my fault, but the producers. I have installed Windows NT 4 many times, and it works. I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 several times. It installs easy from CD-ROM, but won't run my printer, and won't access the internet without great difficulty.