Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:28:16 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Richard Stanaford <rstan@ime.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First reboot after installation... Message-ID: <11057.874607296@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:35:19 EDT." <Pine.BSI.3.96.970918122604.9825A-100000@shell.ime.net>
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You must have somehow not selected the bin dist or your root or /usr were too small and overflowed. I can think of no other rational explanation for that error. This should have also gone to -questions, not -stable. This mailing list is _not_ for the discussion of installation problems. Thanks. Jordan > > Hello all, > > Please be aware that I am not currently subscribed to this list. If you > respond please be sure to CC it to my email, rstan@ime.net with > instruction on how to subscribe. :) Thank you. > > I am having a problem with FreeBSD 2.2.2. I had elected to do the > FTP installation and things seem to go fine. Using the holographic shell > on tty4, I even go through the file system as it is being built and > everything looks fine. I chose to do the minimal installation and then I > would add XFree86, doc, sources, and so on at a later time. I get to the > point where the download is completed and I am told that my machine will > reboot and start FreeBSD from the hard disk. As my machine is booting up, > the devices are probed as you would expect. But then I see this message : > > /etc/rc: Can't open /etc/rc > init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: > > Uhm... what is that? :) Then, when I perform a "df" to see my disk > utilization, all I see is : > > root_device "some stuff about usage" / > > My mount points are gone. I have tried this both with Win95 and FreeBSD > sharing the HD, and with FreeBSD claiming the entire disk, both with the > same results. Any info would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > - Richard > >
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