From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 28 22:01:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA29821 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:01:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA29816 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:01:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA06798; Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:04:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:04:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: David wei cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FREEBSD INSTALLATION In-Reply-To: <329D4B48.300D@ssc.samsung.co.kr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, David wei wrote: > 1. I do not know which version I was installing because I was entirely > led through by the installation disk image from which I booted up and > started my installing process. Watch for it just following 'decompressing kernel'. if you miss it, at the main menu hit 'scroll lock' and use the up arrow key to find the release version. This is rather important. > 2. The installing method was FTP transfer mode to download from a local > mirror site located in the University of Sydney (because I live in > Sydney). OK, sounds good. > 3. I did not try ALT-F2. I am going to try the installation again > tonight and leave the process on overnight, and then check the result > tommorow morning, if hangs again I shall forward it to you immediately. The Alt-F2 screen is your best source of debugging information. Keep an eye on it throughout the transfer, it will get pretty close to identifying what the problem is. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major