Date: 21 May 1997 16:59:52 U From: "Tse_Jimmy" <tse_jimmy@mssmtp.lacoe.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help on installation of FreeBSD v2.1 Message-ID: <n1347888935.31968@mssmtp.lacoe.edu>
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<<<<<< Attached TEXT file named "mailsign" follows >>>>>> I hate to ask for assistence in something so trivia but I am new to the Unix world. I am having so much problem installing FreeBSD in my 133mhz clone with 16m of RAM and 1.2 g harddisk I need all the help I can get. I am not sure about the problem I have because of my inexperience with Unix or problem with equipment. I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.11 through the CDROM. I setup a DOS partition with barebone DOS with CDROM drivers loaded at startup. I then ran INSTALL from the CDROM. Created the BSD partitions and designated it to be bootable. I would get an error message "UNABLE TO SWAP TO /DEV/WD0S1B: DEVICE NOT CONFIGURED" but I was able to bypass it. On the next step, I would get another error message "UNABLE TO MAKE NEW ROOT FILESYSTEM ON /DEV/RWD0A!: COMMAND RETURNED STATUS 1". The process will abort after this point. I am confused because when I created the partitions, I cannot mount any swap volumes nor can I create any other volume other than /usr or the root. So, how can I resolve the errors? I, somehow, got it loaded last night but cannot get the Ethernet card going so I decided to reload the software again to see if I can run the full setup but I keep getting those error messages. I am also getting error message about "NO CDROM DEVICES FOUND - CHECK SYSTEM CONFIGURATION". DOS found the CD but why FreeBSD does not? HELP !! Thank you for your help.
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