Installation problems

[Jud]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:34:39 +0000, Adrian Fisher 
<mobiletiw at fishersinter.net> wrote:

> Please note I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.1 onto a blank system.  The 
> system is a Soltek Cubic system with an Athlon 2600+, 512MB DDR RAM, DVD 
> drive and CD-R/W as well as an 80GB HDD and a 40GB one.
>
> I have followed the instructions in the book I bought (FreeBSD 
> Unleashed) to the letter but still cannot complete a full installation.  
> I get no error messages at all but still find the installation does not 
> complete as I cannot get it to install a boot record so I have not been 
> able to get it to boot from the HDD.  What is wrong?  I have tried with 
> both the CD from the book and also an image I downloaded from the net.

What do you see when you try to reboot?  What do you choose (and *exactly* 
how) at the point in the installation where you are asked whether you want 
to install the FreeBSD bootloader?  What is installed on your hard drives 
at the moment?

Jud