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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5716 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3721 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!not-for-mail From: cwturney@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Carl W Turney) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Newbie begs: hints &or pointer re. install probs. Date: 22 Jul 1995 13:01:03 +0800 Organization: DIALix Services, Perth, Australia. Lines: 50 Sender: cwturney@perth.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <3uq0mf$m4f$1@perth.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cwturney@perth.dialix.oz.au Summary: Having problems with my installation of 2.0R PLS HELP! Keywords: 2.0R install bugs problems help request /var partition Please advise/point me on following 2.0R install problems: Configuration is: 250 mb FreeBSD on 408mb wd0, 899cyls, 4mb ram, 486sx. MBR slice #3, after msdos primary and secondary (ver 6.22), FreeBSD partitions made and assigned as: a 24mb /, b 16mb swap, g 200mb /usr, and h 10mb /var. Problem #1 My /var directory is always empty, and system reports many errors relating to its (and its subdirectories/files) absence. A study of O'Reilly's E.S.A. book says that "pass number" field values should be sequential ( 1 2 3 ) NOT all the same ( 1 ) as mine. Afraid to alter. This is in the file /etc/fstab. Also, what is /etc/fstab.wb (sp. ?) Problem #2 When rebooting off boot floppy disk to investigate/fix above problem, running Disklabel "forgets" all FreeBSD partition mount points (only). So I have to re Assign, Write, Quit and proceed to install all binaries from scratch. Another way to just view partitions? Problem #1 addenda The /usr partition and mount point seem quite OK. Problem #3 Only snafu I see during installation is warning message just after telling system to delete /usr/temp, that I don't have a /usr/temp! Problem #4 Other snafu is choice of adding "guest" account. Quick screen of ominous messages disappearing too quickly bakc to "Config Menu". Problem #5 Saw BRIEF message at reboot about "resizing wd1 d partition" ?? I never ver incorporated wd1 into install (although I have one and it has some unallocated cylinders). Problem #6 Upon rebooting (and after problem #5 message) system takes me back into "need to use FTP, NFS ... to get a bindist onto your ... " AGAIN !? Problem #7 When I run fsck ... Phase 5 - Check Cyl Groups reports: CLEAN FLAG IS WRONG IN SUPERBLOCK FIX? I always answer y, but it remains. Problem #8 When rebooting, boot prompt includes "Use ? for file list or press Enter for defaults", being curious I tap ?, get a report, but at next Boot: prompt it responds with "Invalid format!" no matter what. PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE FOR USING THIS NEWSGROUP TO ASK THESE. PLEASE DIRECT ME TO THE CORRECT TEXT FILE(S), NEWS GROUPS, OR EMAIL CONTACT(S) TO RESOLVE THESE. Thank you, Carl W. Turney, cwturney@perth.DIALix.oz.au Perth Western Australia, ex-American, 11 years gone and quite happy ;-)