Re: freebsd install = computer failure for me
From: Magnus (nospam_at_forme.com)
Date: 09/16/03
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:21:00 +0200
"jab3" <nowhere@foobar.com> skrev i melding
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> Hello all -
>
> I'm not exactly a newbie with these things. (These things being
> installation and partitioning) I've installed various operating systems,
> using all sorts of disk partitioners - fips, fdisk, partition magic,
> whatever comes with Slackware, Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, etc. And I've
> never had a major screw-up yet. That's my problem. I thought I could get
> away with it.
>
> So I'm following FreeBSD Unleashed, installing FreeBSD 5.0 (from the disk
> with the book) on a computer with Windows 98 (it's a Compaq 5440 box - AMD
> K6, 320meg RAM). I use Partition Magic to split the drive into 2
> partitions. I believe one was primary and one was extended.
>
> Well, then I go through the sysinstall and get to the Drive Labeling
program
> (after assigning the unallocated free space to freebsd with the given
> partitioning program). I divided the drive into various partitions on the
> extended partition using the built-in labeling program. Then when it came
> to actually installing the files - it said there was insufficient space on
> the drive. And that's the last constructive thing the computer has said.
>
How primitive..
> I reset - praying that it would load Windows 98 - and I mean it does
> nothing. Nada. It won't even boot from a floppy or CD-ROM. All it does
> is show the Compaq logo. It checks the disk in the floppy drive, but it
> won't boot from it. I finally figured out how to load the CMOS (it
doesn't
> tell you anything during POST - just that blasted logo, and I had to go to
> the Compaq website to learn it uses F10 not DEL or F2). I go to the Basic
> screen - there is not even a hard drive shown. The hard drive doesn't
seem
> to be recognized by the computer. If I disable the 'Quick POST test'
> option, it doesn't even get to the checking the floppy part. It displays
> the Compaq screen, and that's it. Craziest thing I've seen in a while.
> (Anybody got a spare POST card they want to mail me? :) )
>
> My question is - anybody else have this problem with installing FreeBSD?
Or
> does anyone have an idea what could have caused the computer refuse to do
> anything? Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to open the box up and figure
> something out. I guess I'll have to put the drive in another box and see
> if I can access it that way. Dunno. Just wondering if anyone else had
> this experience.
>
> All I want to do is run FreeBSD. Is that so wrong? :)
>
This sounds like a all too common problem with the FreeBSD system, what
happens is that when the daemons inside FreeBSD discover their enemy (read
windows/linux and the likes) on the system, they will go to direct attack on
hardware components, specifically targeting the part of the harddrive which
contains the enemy. FreeBSD will perform what is commonly known as kamikaze
to eliminate the enemy as a last resort. Naturally this is obviously your
case.. god help you..
Seriously though, you need to make a choice, why all these operating
systems.. schozophrenic ?
Really seriously.. you look to have a hardware issue of some sort. I
strongly suggest you assure the health of your equipment before you do
anything else, your only choice based on your info. And no, there is no
known way FreeBSD can have caused this, although being the "unlucky" system
of discovering the condition of your harddrive.
- Magnus
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