A New FreeBSD Server

[Peter Jeremy]

This belongs on -questions, not -hackers at this point.
Please wrap your lines before 80 columns.

On Mon, 2006-Jun-26 19:16:35 -0400, Bob Richards wrote: On Boot, the
>boot-loader complained bitterly "Can't find a Kernel to boot", and
>dropped me to an "OK" prompt. Damn says I! Murpheys law in effect!

This deliberate:  sysinstall doesn't install the kernel until everything
else is complete so you can be sure that the install completed OK.
 
> The FDISK never wiped out all the old data.....

fdisk/disklabel doesn't touch data on the disk.  It just writes
information about where the slices/partitions are.  This means that if
you accidently put the wrong slice/partition map on your disk, you

> Someone NEVER thought-out this particular scenario!

sysinstall realises that you have valid UFS filesystems and won't
over-write them unless you explicitly tell it to.

>  What do I do?

Redo from scratch.  In the 'FreeBSD Disklabel Editor' window, scroll
down to your partitions and either 'D'elete them all and re-create
using 'A'uto or toggle the 'N'ewfs flag and set the 'M'ount point.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/attachments/20060627/ab71f72c/attachment.pgp