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messed up Acer Aspire One install
Hi!
I just bought an Acer Aspire one 725 (netbook type lappy) that I wanted to put OBSD on. The computer doesn't have a CD-reader so I tried to install from a USB flash stick following this guide: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=artic...20100404103735 It booted into the installer fine. And I played around a little with the shell (fdisk and disklabel, since I wanted to use a softraid encrypted disk). After messing around for a while I figured out what to do. Making some mistakes here and there I figured it would be best to just start the installation over... the first mistake. This being the middle of the night, and me a little more than tired i just typed 'reboot' into the shell, and just expected the installer to come up again in a minute.. but it wasn't to be. Now I can't get further than boot> prompt on the install media. It outputs: Code:
booting hd0a:/bsd: and a line full of numbers.. I've rebuilt the install media 2 times, doing fsck's all the way through so that's not the issue. I can't understand what I can have messed up besides the default linux install on the HDD, but what's on the drive shouldn't matter for the installer to boot? If you've made it this far then my obvious question to you is, what now? Pull the disk from the netbook and do an install on it in an other computer? Pour gasoline on it and let the fucker burn? Punch myself? |
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The problem is that the install media just refuses to boot again. I guess this might be more of an hardware issue than an OBSD one? Quote:
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My suggestion to you is to ignore disk encryption for now as you familiarize yourself with the installation procedure. Again, Section 4 of the FAQ is the best guide for learning & explanation of installing OpenBSD 5.2. And to help you minimize the frustration & anxiety associated with being new to the OpenBSD environment, taking the time to familiarize yourself with the entirety of the FAQ now is time you will save on countless questions & issues. Quote:
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My only problem now is that I somehow f*cked something up so badly that I can't even get into an installer. Both the OBSD- and Slackware installer hangs before it even gets going, using both said flash-stick and a usb-hdd that I dug out of a closet... |
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The following steps outline how to install OpenBSD to a target computer using a USB flash drive as an intermediary:
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In any event, it's good to hear that you have resolved what roadblocks were at play, & now you have a recent snapshot of OpenBSD running. Welcome to our little community! |
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