Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:14:00 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Philip <prodigy@innocent.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Message-ID: <XFMail.981119221400.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <000801be1349$39495480$9710cad4@trees-lounge>
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On 18-Nov-98 Philip wrote: > First, thanks for helping. I downloaded the boot.flp image, as said in the > installation instructions. The floppie started, I created the FreeBSD slice > and the partitions for /var, /usr, /, and /swap. After I choose to install > the boot manager there were some questions, like should I allow anonymous > ftp and so on. When I was asked to set time zone and admin pwd I said Yes, Not that bad... means root doesn't have a passwd, allows you to login with root and no passwd. Timezone would be settable later on by means of /stand/sysinstall > but install forwarded me to the next question. In the final setup I couldn't > change these setting either. Also the mouse wasn't working (tried every port > with every mouse). Install said it would reboot then, but couldn't find Normally auto mode would work... > kernel and some config file (boot config I guess, the screen scrolled down > too fast). After 'boot:' I tried to enter things like 1:wd(0,b)kernel, but > got the neverending error, or with partition other than 'b' something like > 'kernel not found', where kernel is the names I tried. Awkward... Care to provide some more info about yer HD and the partitioning/slicing? --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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