From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 21 12:38:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA19826 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA19811 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:38:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA00344; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:38:29 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ed Mullins cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation.. In-Reply-To: <199606171704.MAA04602@galaxy.galstar.com> 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 Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Ed Mullins wrote: > > In the FreeBSD install (using the boot.flp image, and attempting to > install via anonymous FTP), when it starts comitting, when it gets to the > "Doing newfs ......." info. dialog, it will start lightly accessing the > hard drive every 5 seconds, and continue doing this forever. I let it run > for over 4-5 hours, and it was still doing the same thing. You didn't hit (W)rite in the fdisk dialog box, did you? Don't. Use DOS FDISK to delete the FreeBSD partition and start over. Don't hit any Write or Commit commands except for the one on the install menu that starts the whole thing off. Take a look at ALT-F2 output and look for any errors. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major