Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 08:03:29 PDT From: elenk@weitek1.weitek.COM To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: elenk@weitek1.weitek.COM, ealenk@svpal.org Subject: Help needed on install problem Message-ID: <9506161503.1D62B4@elenk.weitek.COM>
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Dear Support Tech: I am attempting to install Free BSD(4.4) v2.0 (January 1995) from a CD that I purchased from Wallnut Creek CD-ROM, onto my Micropolis 1936 3Gb SCSI hard drive. Here is the problem: I am able to partition my drive the way I like it, but not assign and mount point or swap area to my 2 partitions. When I press A)ssign, I choose my partition letter, then enter in my responce. For partition 'a', I enter / as my mount point, for partition 'b', swap is automatically entered as the partition name. I then press W)rite, my drive activity light flashes, and I am able to Q)uit to reboot or go on to P)rocede. I have tried rebooting and then P)roceding, and simply P)roceding, and in both cases my partition names are not present. I think because of this I get a failure during the install. In my frustration, I didn't think to write down the error code. After I get the failure code, my machine re-boots. I am assigning 400mb of the 831mb partition (see below) to BSD4.4; partition a:380mb = BSD4.4, partition b:20mb = swap. Here is my machine configuration: 386/33, AMI bios, a:1.44mb, b:1.2mb, c:Micropolis 2716 1.75Gb(single partition) ide hdu, buslogic 410? ISA cacheing controler w/2mb ram, d: first partion (2gb) of Micropolis 1936 SCSI(external), e: second partion (831 mb) of M1936, Tosh. 3401b CD (internal), Adaptec 1510 SCSI controler(no boot bios), 8mb ram, and zoom 14.4 modem. I am confident the SCSI devices are all properly terminated. My machine runs perfectly (configuration wise) under DOS. I have windows 3.1 installed and NT Workstation 3.5 (but using FAT16 file system throughout). Thanks for any help you can offer. Condescend as much as you like, I am very new to this. Eric ealenk@svpal.org (408) 258-2050 (408) 738-3567 x3217
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