From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 23:41:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06810106566B for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863EC8FC08 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.198]) by fallbackmx09.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6IKi62n001258 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:44:06 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6IKhxaJ005073 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:44:00 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6IKhvaQ037855; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:43:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6IKhukt037854; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:43:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:43:55 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Mygamejw Message-ID: <20110718204354.GA37830@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: "freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org" , "jonathanince@aol.com" Subject: Re: Newbbie Issue (JP) - installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a HP Notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:41:09 -0000 --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This belongs in freebsd-questions unless you have reasonable grounds to believe the problem is ACPI related. On 2011-Jul-15 17:49:17 -0700, Mygamejw wrote: >I recently got FreeBSD 8.1 for a present Note that FreeBSD 8.1 has been superceded by FreeBSD 8.2, which is available for download from (eg) ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/8.2/ Do you know which FreeBSD 8.1 image you have? > The issue I am having is related to a possible =20 >hacker who has gotten into her system. That's unlikely unless you burnt the CD/DVD on that system and it was corruted by malware on the system. >yet. I wanted to ask before I do because of my inexperience with =20 >FreeBSD. Any time that I try to boot the pc after pressing #6 option I =20 >get a crash notice saying the following at the end of a massive reset =20 >notice: Is there a reason you are using option #6 instead of allowing it to boot normally? >init: not found in path /sbin/init:/sbin/ >d/sysinstall I'm not sure if that's what was displayed or you've mis-typed the message but the correct path is: /sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/rescue/init:/stand/sysinstall (and it should be loading /stand/sysinstall) I suspect you either have a corrupt CD/DVD image or (possibly) are using the bootonly image instead of one of the installation images. If you have a valid installation image, the screen or so of output prior to that message would help with debugging - you could take a digital photo of the screen and post a link. --=20 Peter Jeremy --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4kmwoACgkQ/opHv/APuIdHcACfWEFZsLfr9hqUpBe5MdHh88b/ 80UAn2orbB2d1XxRIBhCvjR/h4jl3Dqf =/Wmw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF--