Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:11:41 -0800 From: Michael Hoelscher <mhoelsch@ctc.ctc.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Install to former NT Server box - questions Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980310071141.008e0d10@ctc.ctc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309114114.5101N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <3.0.5.32.19980309103611.007e2df0@ctc.ctc.edu>
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At 11:42 AM 3/9/98 -0800, Doug White wrote: >On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Michael Hoelscher wrote: >>... >> The above led me to fix my freeze-up problem. But does not answer >> the question of why the Novice option kept kicking to the main menu. >> I suspect I may be able to go back an see what happened there >> once the install completes successfully. > >You're using <return>, not <space> to select distributions. Someone else >had the same roblem last week. Not so. I may have missed the Alt-F2 hint, but I readily picked-up on the <space> requirement. BTW...the ftp finally did complete after a number of stalls on crc errors. But, I'm wondering if I should take another run at it and try going [A]ll BSD again for partitioning. My gut tells me a dedicated machine should most likely be less troublesome if the OS has the whole box. The docs and Help screens seem to suggest this may not be the case with FreeBSD -- i.e., that it may not care. Recommendation???? Michael Hoelscher, Tech Support Mgr, Internet Coordinator Pierce College 9401 Farwest Dr SW Lakewood WA 98498 USA mailto:mhoelsch@pierce.ctc.edu 253.964.6536 Voice 253.964.7339 FAX <<< The above thoughts emanate only from MY cerebral wasteland >>> "Character is doing what's right when no one is looking" -- J.C. Watts To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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