Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:05:19 -0700 From: "Harry Veltman" <veltman@intergate.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Installation Message-ID: <002401c36788$ad14f1b0$efb05142@intergate.com>
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After installing FreeBSD 4.8 into an unpartitioned free-space, it states that the installation was successful, but when I start the computer and press F3 to load FreeBSD instead of NT 4, it finally wants me to enter my user name and password. After doing so, it displays a "$" sign and a blinking space which waits for me to enter a command, but I have no clue what it wants me to enter. If I enter / is states "permission is denied." Installation instructions state "always restore the BIOS to natural drive numbering before installing FreeFSD..." Will you please tell me how to do that? I can't find a clue in BIOS Setup or in Windows. Could that have anything to do with my problem getting FreeBSD to load? I installed it from a CD-ROM I bought. I've spent two days re-installing it several times and trying different things. I have read part of the FreeBSD Handbook about installation. On a previous installation, it stated "WARNING: / was not properly dismounted," but my recent installation gave no such warning or error messages. Installing FreeBSD is very frustrating. I'm trying to find a good, cheap OS as an alternative to buying a new Apple with OS X Jaguar, or upgrading my NT 4 to Windows 2000. I thought FreeBSD might be the solution after reading about it, but it doesn't work. If I have trouble installing an OS, it isn't my fault. I can follow explicit instructions. I have installed Windows NT 4 many times, and it works even though it didn't come with explicit instructions either. I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 several times. It installs easy from CD-ROM, but won't run my printer, and won't access the internet without great difficulty, then it won't access any URL. Thanks.
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