Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 06:42:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Barriscale <barrisca@wisdom.ucc.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980313063908.19772O-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <9803131231.AA24220@wisdom.ucc.ie>
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Barriscale wrote: > I'm having trouble installing freebsd for some reason. VERSION 2.2.5 > > One problem is that I use partition magic to partition my hard disk but > the freebsd fdisk just tells me that, that section of the disk is of an > unknown file system, therefore meaning that I cannot create a slice on > the disk. Also on the sub section where you are asked create the file > system I have some difficutly with that too. The defaults won't work for > this. (a key). Well, the second part is understandable; you're not going to be able to create a filesystem if you don't have a partition to create it on. In the partition editor, just take the extra (empty) partition you created with Partition Magic, delete it, and create a new partition with the unallocated space left behind. That should sort of the filesystem problem, too. > My second problem is that when I tried to install freebsd with nothing > else on the entire disk, I managed to get through the entire > installation and I was able to create the entire file system but when I > got to the actual start of the installation of the files the whole thing > hung. I think that there might be a problem with the cd-rom drive, but > I've tried the live file system on the second cd before and that works > fine. Will I have to modify the kernel for the cd-rom drive. Thanks. That's interesting. If it happens again, hit Alt-F2 and see what the debugging information says. You may have a scratched CD or something like that. > Paul Barriscale > barrisca@wisdom.ucc.ie *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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