Installing FreeBSD 4.8 on an NT 4 System
Harry Veltman
veltman at intergate.com
Wed Aug 20 18:26:14 PDT 2003
After installing FreeBSD 4.8 into an unpartitioned free-space, it states
that the installation was successful, but when I start the computer and
press F3 to load FreeBSD instead of NT 4, it finally wants me to enter my
user name and password. After doing so, it displays a "$" sign and a
blinking space which waits for me to enter a command, but I have no clue
what it wants me to enter. If I enter / is states "permission is denied."
Installation instructions state "always restore the BIOS to natural drive
numbering before installing FreeFSD..." Will you please tell me how to do
that? I can't find a clue in BIOS Setup or in Windows. Could that have
anything to do with my problem getting FreeBSD to load? I installed it from
a CD-ROM I bought. I've spent two days re-installing it several times and
trying different things. I have read part of the FreeBSD Handbook about
installation. On a previous installation, it stated "WARNING: / was not
properly dismounted," but my recent installation gave no such warning or
error messages. FreeBSD is very frustrating. I'm trying to find a good,
cheap OS as an alternative to buying a new Apple with OS X Jaguar or
upgrading my NT 4 to Windows 2000. I thought FreeBSD might be the solution
after reading about it, but it doesn't work. If I have trouble installing
an OS, it isn't my fault, but the producers. I have installed Windows NT 4
many times, and it works. I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 several times.
It installs easy from CD-ROM, but won't run my printer, and won't access the
internet without great difficulty.
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