Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:05:06 -0600 From: "Jeff Hobson" <jhobson@kc.rr.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installation problem/question -- duplicate sent to support@freebsdmall Message-ID: <003001c4c7ac$028ddb50$1501a8c0@Patsy2>
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--=======AVGMAIL-4192F3025EDA======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a machine running win 2000. I want to completely convert the = machine to FreeBSD (not run anything else), I boot from the 5.2 cd and = choose use all the disk and choose automatic to have the system decide = what to place where. I creates the necessary partitions/filesystems (/, = var,swap and /usr) on what I assume to be the 4 windows partitions = already existing. It then proceeds to install the system and I answer = all the questions and the disk flashes and the cdrom blinks for about an = hour. It finally finishes and returns to the sysinstall screen. I exit = and it says it will now reboot. It does. INTO THE WINDOWS 2000 SYSTEM!. = I took a look at the disks and there is not a trace of the FreeBSD = filestructure or files. ANYWHERE!!. I am very puzzled. It looked like = all was going just fine. but for some reason, the filesystem was written = to some other planet or the installation aborted and restored all the = previous filesystem (there was no message to indicate that happened). I = am, what I consider, a very experienced computer systems analyst. Up = until this time, I have never seen this happen with any install before. = I am sure that I have done/overlooked some critical step that somehow = bypassed the system install and never made the machine into the FreeBSD = box I wanted. Any ideas? Any further information I can provide to investigate this? = Thank you for your help and attention. --=======AVGMAIL-4192F3025EDA======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.2.1 - Release Date: 11/10/2004 --=======AVGMAIL-4192F3025EDA=======--
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