Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 11:55:41 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: b & Jill <gasp7@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <336EF20D.37B9@barcode.co.il> References: <336E5945.4BD7233A@gte.net>
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b & Jill wrote: > > hi.. > after hearing about how great freebsd was, i decided to try it. > so far i've had nothing but troubles in getting it to install, from the > install script not > really working, to the xf86config file being lost, to just a general not > workingness (?) > of the whole thing... > > the first time i tried to install, i decided that installing everything > would be a good way to > check out the os and how it worked...i figured that with 1.5GB i > wouldn't have any > problems with space...guess i was wrong. so i did the next best thing. i > did the ole > pick and choose routine and went with things that i knew that i'd use > and that have > worked well in the past for me while using linux. once again, out of > space. > i'm beginning to wonder about this process, cause i have an ENTIRE > distro. of > slackware in almost the same amount of space. what am i doing wrong > here? > > anyway, what i'm getting at is that any suggestions or pointers that > anyone can offer > outside of the manuals on the freebsd page would be greatly appreciated. How did you partition your disk? Which version are you installing? What is the exact error message you receive, and when does it happen? (i.e. what options do you select during installation). I think we need more info to help you out. > > thanks for your time > > brian Nadav
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