Dear FreeBSD forum,
Please forgive this question if it seems so elementary.
I am a newbie and have googled the matter, searched the FreeBSD.org
mailing list archives and read the Handbook and still am in the dark.
ISSUE:
Trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from cdrom on my PIII laptop and not
reaching an install menu.
BACKGROUND:
I have created a FreeBSD_Install cdrom from the
6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso download.
When I boot from the cd I reach a 6-option Boot menu but do not get to
the Install menu described in 2.3.1 of the Handbook.
Note: If I do try to boot, the boot process itself seems to fail with a
Cannot dump: no dump device defined following a Fatal trap 12 page
fault while in kernel mode- in case that illustrates anything, and
that's boot attempts with or without APCI.
MY SYSTEM:
PIII Laptop with recent rev BIOS 512MB ram
Internal hard drive with 3 partitions:
1Primary NTFS (30GB with XP)
2Primary FAT32 (6GB for FreeBSD)
3Primary FAT32 (800MB for swapping between XP
FreeBSD)
* The pc definitely allows me to boot from a cd
* The MD5 hash on my download matches the published hash
* Yes, I am going nuts- being so eager to get this OS up and dig
into it!
So the basic question is:
Is the install process supposed to be as simple as:
A create a primary FAT32 partition
B boot your machine from the FreeBSD_Install (DISK 1) cd
C follow the prompts through the install process
Your advice is most appreciated,
Daniel Goldberg
IT | Post-Production Systems Engineer
Avid ACSR (Unity/Windows)
Apple ACHDS
Microsoft MCP
Cisco CCNA
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