Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:54:23 -0600 (CST) From: "R. Wyatt" <falcon@kiowa.wildstar.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recent troubles during a FreeBSD install Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971129155017.28634A-100000@kiowa.wildstar.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971128223453.22417J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Well, I have made significant progress with this help. I ended up using bootpart an extension to load FreeBSD via the NT 4.0 bootloader. I just could not get BootEasy to install correctly. > > Now, the next problem is once installed and getting it to boot. > > I get problems with getty > > getty spawning too fast of /dev/cuaa1 sleeping 30 seconds, > > Do you have anything attached to COM2? You can disable this by editing > /etc/ttys and on the line starting with ttyv2 change the `on' to `off', > then run `kill -1 1' as root. My modem is on com2. > > > It also says login class root unknown.. > > See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/2.2.2R/errata.html got this > > > The final problem I am having is with X. I can't find the proper specs > > for my monitor any where. I have contacted the vendor and the vendor will > > not provide it. > > Then use reasonable defaults. > Still no luck with X. I think its complaining about not enough vram. Thank you for your help. Randy Wyatt > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > >
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