Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:38:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, qjak9435@netcom.ca Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation failure Message-ID: <199707011338.IAA06386@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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You know, you would have better response if you put at least one space between your paragraphs and broke this stream of consciousness into manageable chunks. I really can't be bothered to wade through this mess. Does anyone know why have emails with this kind of "format" are considered "cool"? Bud Dodson > > I'm writing you today because for about a week now I'm trying to install > FreeBSD on my system.I am installing it from a recent cd-rom media edition > 2.2.2 release.Ok lets start off with the problem.When I boot from only my > cd-rom to enter the installation stage everything starts out fine.It boots > up successfully my kernel and bringing me to the next step that is the > kernel configuration table.From there I have 3 choices to make so I always > chose the visual mode for kernel entry modifications.Next I arrive at > another screen that is my userconfig table and theres my big problem.At the > top of the screen it tells me that I have 23 conflicts which means that my > devices are conflicting with one another.Now my only choice I have in order > to fix the problem is to reconfigure every device to avoid conflicts.So > what I did was to disable any drivers in the active range of the list that > wasn't present in my system and altering the drivers parameters in the > editor table.After I pressed the q key to save the parameters and > exit.After I was presented with a type of menu describing the type of > installation I wanted.I chose the novice installation as recommended not to > lose important things during setup.Now I have a dialog box telling me that > my system has been installed with errors and I should go trough the > debugging process of VTY1 which I don't have a clue of what that means.Then > I rebooted my system for startup.I also need to mention that at some point > during the installation I encountered 2 panic incidents that forced my > system to shutdown.The 2 panic strings that were caught was a signal 10 and > 11.I hope I gave you all the details needed to resolve the problem and if > you need more details or info please feel free to let me know.Thank you for > your time and understanding. > > Best Regards. > Mark > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790
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