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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!sol.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!bitstream.net!not-for-mail From: Joseph Moore <jomor@bitstream.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: what am I doing wrong? Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 22:53:27 -0500 Organization: tele-DilDonics Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <33C6FFB7.3655@bitstream.net> Reply-To: jomor@bitstream.net NNTP-Posting-Host: port167.bitstream.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44292 I've just finished my 6th attempt at installing 2.2.2 via ftp. The first two attempts were with a boot/install floppie from 2.1.7 and after the download completed, I got an error message saying "Makedev returned a non-zero error status" so I got ahold of the floppy image for installing 2.2.2 and also manually edited the freebsd partitions to get a bigger "/" . The download completed, everything seemed to go well and I did a little configuring (with the menu) before re-booting. After a re-boot I didn't have my hostname, my IP address disappeared on my 3c509 card, and the /etc/sysconfig file is nowhere to be found. I repeated the install with the exact same results. The machine is a gateway2000 486 with 8 meg of ram and a 270 meg HD. I know it's not much but 2.1.7 ran fine, and all it's going to do from now on is provide dial on demand access to my ISP for 3 PCs at home and run an occasional telnet session. I'm new to Unix but not to networking or PCs. Thanks in advance ...jgm