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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie wanting to get into FreeBSD having trouble installing...
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:26:15 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Matthew Richardson <yakko@voicenet.com>

Matthew Richardson wrote:
> 
> Here's a message I get when attempting to install:
> 
> Warning: Root selected read only.  It will be assumed you have appropriate
> device entries in /dev.

You must have failed to follow the installation instructions in some
fairly major way - this can't happen unless you toggle something you're
not supposed to.  Please choose Novice installation mode and when it
suggests a default, take it.

> When trying to boot, I get a message saying "Missing Operating System."

Documented in the FAQ - you've used the wrong geometry somehow (also
documented in the "disk selection" dialog if you hit F1).
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project