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#! rnews 2110 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.uoregon.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!root From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: help, dos partition problems Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:47:11 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3225C98F.41C67EA6@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <3217D934.33EB@popmail.csuohio.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: troutmask.apl.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Charles E. Ringler wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD but have installed many linux systems. I have > purchased the FreeBSD CD from Walnut Creek labeled FreeBSD 2.1 Jan.96 > I have tried installing from my cd-rom, nothing but problems. So I > decieded to install via dos-partition and still no good. I have copied > the files required according to the pamplet in the CD-rom book and also > these are the same required files listed within the FreeBSD handbook @ > www.freebsd.com I make it all the way thru the intial config and when > asked what method of installation I choose "Dos Partition". Each and > every time it will start to install and right after the screen pops up > something that say "hit alt-F2 to see display" it crashes giving me the > following error "root not found"! Please can anyone help me, I want to > use freeBSD but if this continues I will have no other choice but to > switch back to Linux. > Thanks, > Chuck Well, we know you have a problem. Now, if you could supply some info on yor system. SCSI? IDE? Intel 8088? We might be able to help. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/sgk.html