Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:33:30 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: small@haas.berkeley.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: david.small@usa.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Installation Lockup Message-ID: <19980116223330.20304.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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---"David B. Small" <small@haas.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > My hardware: > Dell Dimension XPS D266 (Pentium II/266MHz, w/AGP slot) > 64 MB SDRAM > IBM DHEA 36480 (a 6 GB EIDE hard drive...I know...I should have gone SCSI) > ATAPI Toshiba CDROM Drive (XM-6102B) > ZIP drive (which, surprisingly, the kernel recognizes) > Matrox Millenium II AGP video card (which there appear to be alpha drivers > for for XFree86, but I'm less concerned with Xwindows, than with just > getting this system up) > > What's currently on the system: > 3 Partitions formatted: C=2.44GB (NTFS), D=2.44GB (NTFS), E=1.11GB (FAT) > Ideally, I'd like to leave C and D, install FreeBSD on the 3rd partition, > and use NT's boot manager to boot the system. > So far, I'm able to boot from CDROM (or from a boot-floppy, either way), > the system permits me to make kernel config changes (which I don't), > proceeds to recognize pretty much all of my storage devices, and then > hangs... with a solid square cursor in the lower left of the screen. While installing you can check the console on screen one Alt+F1 to see what is being done. > > Now I tried to consolidate/synthesize info from my "The Complete FreeBSD" > (which seems focused on 2.1.X), the CDROM I've got (2.2.2), some stuff I > pulled out of the WWW (from the FreeBSD Handbook and FAQ, which are > associated with 2.2.5, I think). > > In any case, I have several questions: > > 1) Is there any chance I'm going to succeed in installing: > a) from this CD-ROM drive? > b) to this EIDE hard drive? > c) to the partition that I've got (which is clealy beyond the first > 1024 cylinders)? Can you clarify the drive/partition selection and disklabel entries you are using. > > 2) Do I need to make any kernel config changes when booting? What do you mean when booting? You mean when installing? It's a good idead. You basically take out support for crap that is not in your computer in the first place. But it is not required. > > 3) Assuming that I *do* successfully get FreeBSD installed on the right > partition, can I, in fact, > be dropped into Unix before rebooting, so that I can copy the first sector > to a floppy (dd), and > copy that to my first partition, then set up NT's boot loader to boot onto > that? OK that went completely over my head. Be dropped into un*x from where before rebooting? > > Thanks, > > -David > David B. Small > Personal: david.small@usa.net > Work: dbsmall@ttl.pactel.com, http://www.ttl.pactel.com/~dbsmall > School: small@haas.berkeley.edu > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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