From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 06:47:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EDC116A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:47:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5896043FB1 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:47:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 16632 invoked by uid 505); 4 Nov 2003 14:48:00 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 502 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 4.037043 secs); 04 Nov 2003 14:48:00 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 4 Nov 2003 14:47:56 -0000 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:54:07 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Nic Bergen In-Reply-To: <3FA79FCC.6020105@netscape.net> Message-ID: <20031104154754.P715@pukruppa.net> References: <3FA79FCC.6020105@netscape.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBsd , I REALLY need some help :-) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:47:58 -0000 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Nic Bergen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install freebsd on an old i486 (75mhz) with 40mb ram > I have two harddrives 260 and 349mb. First of all: it is absolutely possible to install a basic FreeBSD on this kind of hardware. I never had any problems with mitsumi cd-drives. Do you have a possibility to check if the cd drive still works correctly? (Perhaps with windows or on a different machine?) Regards, Uli. > I am booting with the kern and mfsroot floppies. > I can get everything right and working following the documentation on > the site up to making the root,swap,...etc. > But when I finish this and the installation begins I get an error about > no such device or media. > It appears that the program can't find my cd-rom drive. > It is a rather old 24x mitsumi cd-rom drive and it is set as slave to > the primary harddrive. > > I cannot find a solution on this site. > What should I do,where do I begin. > > Have you got any other suggestion considering my pc. > > By the way what kind of userinterface will I get with a minimum install?? > > Cheers > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+