Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:26:01 -0400 From: shartley@mcs.drexel.edu (Stephen J. Hartley) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: installation help Message-ID: <199709241526.LAA20533@bandersnatch.mcs.drexel.edu>
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I started all over again and this time the CD-ROM was accessible, so I now have a successful installation. I think what happened the first time was that the CD-ROM was not positioned correctly in the tray. Or maybe it was the full moon or hurricane Linda. Thank you! >On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Stephen J. Hartley wrote: > >> I just received the FreeBSD 2.2.2 CD-ROM set and tried to install >> FreeBSD on my generic PC. I tried to install from the CD-ROM using a >> boot floppy disk created from the FreeBSD.org Web site with the command >> fdimage boot.flp >> Everything seemed normal until I said install everything for an X-user. >> The next thing I saw was a message to the effect "installation completed >> with some errors". I checked the other virtual screen and scrolled through >> the output. I saw a bunch of hardware probing until something like >> reading from CD-ROM >> but nothing after that. >> What I suspect is that the kernel could not read the CD-ROM drive to >> complete the installation. My machine has an IDE controller. The hard >> drive is the master on number one (primary interface) and the CD-ROM is a >> slave on the second (secondary interface). It might also be ATAPI. As >> you can tell, I am a novice when it comes to describing PC hardware. > >I don't know what to say, the information you gave me doesn't identify a >specific error point. You didn't see any references to any specific >missing files, did you? ___ Stephen J. Hartley +1-215- http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~shartley shartley@mcs.drexel.edu 895-2678 Math & CS, Drexel U, Phila, PA 19104
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