On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 03:48:42PM +0200, Jethro Borsje wrote:
> When I tried to install FreeBSD, I got the following error:
> *Unable to make new root filesystem
> Command returned status 36*.
>
> When I pressed *OK*, I got the following:
> *Douldn't make filesystems properly, aborting*.
That's quite likely to be a hardware issue --- either a dying disk or
an IDE controller that is not properly supported.
> What can I do about this?
If you hit Alt-F2 when you get the 'status 36' mesage, there should be
some more informative error messages visible. That should tell us
exactly what's happening.
Cheers
Matthew
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