On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:09:05AM +0200, Desmond Coughlan wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. > > I had a lot of trouble creating the diskettes, but after changing the > floppy drive, no problem. Now, when I do the install, I have two hard > drives, and configure them as follows... > > disk0 > 150M / > 512M /etc > 512M /etc > 512M /var > 1024M /bin > 4096M /usr > 1024M swap > > disk1 > 4096M /forums > 4096M /mail > 4096M /sql > 1024M swap > > I go through the installation, via ftp, and then set the root password. > Oh, and the 'FreeBSD boot manager' is the option I choose, when configuring > the disks. > > When I reboot, this is what I see ...
Oh, I just noticed you did that with /bin too. That must be left as part of root as well. It contains binaries that the system may/will need to use during the boot process or when the system is in single user mode and only root is mounted. So, also leave /bin in root. Also, /bin doesn't need to be nearly that big. Mine uses up only 900 KB of space - that is Kilo bytes, not even megabytes. No other installs put things in /bin. It is reserved for those essential binaries for minimal service while bringing up or fixing a problem with a system. /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin are where other things get installed. See 'man hier' for a more complete description on how the directory structure is laid out and used in FreeBSD. So, don't reserve space for /bin. Give that extra GByte to either /var or /usr. ////jerry > Manual root filesystem specification > <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> eg > ufs:da0s1a > ? List valid disk boot devices > <empty line> Abort manual imput > > ... and that's it. > > Nothing else. The machine just sits there. > > Is there something I've missed ? We've tried the same install on three > different machines, using three different motherboards, and four different > hard drives. Something is wrong, either with the installation media, or else > with our method of going about it. Oh, and I tried installing 5.5 on the > same machines, with the same result. > > FreeBSD rocks; I've used it for a long time on many different machines, and > this is the first time that this has happened. > > Could someone suggest a solution? The people with whom I'm installing > this, are starting to whisper the word 'Linux', and it's giving me > nightmares.... :( > > Thanks. > > D.C > > > > --------------------------------- > D?couvrez un nouveau moyen de poser toutes vos questions quelque soit le > sujet ! Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses pour partager vos connaissances, vos > opinions et vos exp?riences. Cliquez ici. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
