From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 8 23:44:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA25255 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:44:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA25192 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:43:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA14730; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:43:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:43:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Brady K. Adams" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install from floppies In-Reply-To: <199801082209.OAA09477@mailsun2.us.oracle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 8 Jan 1998, Brady K. Adams wrote: > I did try you suggestion, however, the installer is still not working. I > also > noticed that the installation process does not even try to access the disk > drive. Any other suggestions? Hm, need more detail. Press ALT-F2 after the error message and note anything interesting you see. Also check the boot messages (hit scroll lock then use the up arrow) and make sure your floppy drive is being probed. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major