RE: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

2006-08-22 Thread unixforums 1
I am having several problems loading 6.1 on a Dell PE 850 w/an Adaptec 39160 scsi card and a single scsi drive. When I install from the boot only cd, I get the error Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0. Do you want to retry again and it won't go any further. When I install

RE: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

2006-08-22 Thread unixforums 1
8/22/2006, unixforums 1 wrote: I am having several problems loading 6.1 on a Dell PE 850 w/an Adaptec 39160 scsi card and a single scsi drive. When I install from the boot only cd, I get the error Unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0. Do you want to retry again and it won't go any

RE: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

2006-08-22 Thread unixforums 1
the debug screen periodically. -Derek At 10:57 AM 8/22/2006, unixforums 1 wrote: The debug screen is blank. To verify I had a good download I went to a different mirror site and downloaded the boot-only cd and had the same problems. Thron Derek Ragona wrote: What was on the debug

RE: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

2006-08-22 Thread unixforums 1
I will try that. Thanks for your help Thron Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like the installer is having some problem copying files. If 6.0 will install, I would install that version, then cvsup it to 6.1. -Derek At 11:22 AM 8/22/2006, unixforums 1 wrote: Alt+F4

how to change roots shell

2006-05-18 Thread unixforums 1
Hi, I did a completely newbie move and changed the root’s shell to something that doesn’t work. So, needless to say now I can’t su to root or even login as root. Is there a way I can fix this without rebuilding the server? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Re: how to change roots shell

2006-05-18 Thread unixforums 1
it through ssh. Thanks Izwan Mohd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: unixforums 1 wrote: Hi, I did a completely newbie move and changed the root�s shell to something that doesn�t work. So, needless to say now I can�t su to root or even login as root. Is there a way I can fix this without

Re: how to change roots shell

2006-05-18 Thread unixforums 1
if don't nothing came cross my mine yet how to deal with it :-\ unixforums 1 wrote: tried it and i get the following error: su: change: No such file or directory What happened originally is I accidently changed the shell to change and now i get the following error when I su. su: change