Installing FreeBSD

[Kevin Kinsey]

Fredrik Petersson wrote:

>Hi all!
>I have a old computer, I thought it was perfect for testings some FreeBSD
>on. (Im a linux user, noramly).
>
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>

I've never tried to run a box with "noram", and wasn't aware that
Linux could do that.  Cool!

</rimshot>

{I'm really *not* picking on ya!}

>It is a old dell 500MHz with a 40GB disk, the "disk-part" of the
>installation program told me something about the bios and that y disk size
>wasn´t correct, I continued and I created /var / /dev /usr partitions in the
>installing program, but later the installation program tells me something
>like could not mount /usr (and all the other mounting points). 
>
>Are ideas about where to start the troubleshooting??
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Hmm, wonder what the BIOS thinks the drive is?

Like Randy said, you might try the defaults.  Or, at the very
least, make only /, /usr, and /var.  IANAE, but I've never seen
anyone recommend making a seperate slice for /dev, and I
wonder what trying to do so might do.  It could create the
symptoms you describe, of course, but I could just be blowing
smoke, too.

The message you refer to has do to with disk geometry, and
indicates to me that you're installing a 5.X FBSD; devfs is a
new thing, and may be involved in the problem you describe.

Once again, IANAE, and the other poster also has a great
point --- this sort of thing is better asked at questions@,
where large numbers of people (some of whom are very
knowledgeable and/or experienced) will see the post and
be able to either guide you in this matter or correct anyone
who does and makes a mistake in so doing (the "IANAE" types
like me ;)

Kevin Kinsey