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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!i-2000.com!usenet From: freyes@i-2000.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Lost OS/2(DOS) mouse after install Date: 2 Sep 1995 13:54:00 GMT Organization: I-2000 Inc. - Internet Services Lines: 24 Message-ID: <429nlo$7on@i-2000.com> References: <41gtu9$knu@news.bu.edu> <DE88Hx.2s1@aaahq05.aaa.com> Reply-To: freyes@i-2000.com NNTP-Posting-Host: freyes.dh.i-2000.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In jeh@aaahq05.aaa.com (John Homrighausen) writes: > I booted OS/2 and the mouse driver could not be loaded. > (OS/2 - mouse = RTFM) When I booted FreeBSD I got HD errors, > finally when I booted off the FreeBSD boot floppy I got panic: unable > to mount /. Also I seem to remember a message "not going anywhere > without init" I don't understand this. My question is, when I install FreeBSD > and wind up at the # prompt what do I do to shutdown the system and > prepare it for reboot? I am pretty much resolved to reloading the entire > system from scratch (I backed everything up). John I am still learning FreeBsd myself, but I wanted to try to help you with the OS2 problem. The first thing I wanted you to know is that you don't have to loose your Os2 partition (are you using Boot manager?). If you want to start fresh with FreeBsd you could boot from the Os2 install disks (or utility disks if you have them), run Fdisk and delete the FreeBsd partition. Does your Mouse on Os2 works at all? Did you try turning the computer off and back on and then booting os2? This may sound strange but I had a problem with my Warp Connect installation that the CDrom would not work in certain part of the installation until I turned the computer off and back on. Let me know if you need more help with the Os2 end. I recommend you start the Freebsd install from scratch. The best way for me to start Freebsd install from scratch was to delete the FreeBsd partition using OS2's Fdisk.