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From: "Mike K." <flaq@synwork.com>
To: Sridhar Krishnan <skrishna@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: [Problem] FreeBSD Install from DOS partition (fwd)
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Did you boot with the ATAPI.FLP?



On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Sridhar Krishnan wrote:

> 
> Friends of BSD,
> 
> Since my IDE CD-ROM is not being recognized by 2.1, I started 
> installation from the MS-DOS partition. I copied DISTS\BIN and 
> DISTS\FLOPPIES into C:\FREEBSD directory. I started the install.bat. I am 
> dedicating about 1 Gig of my second IDE drive to freebsd. It starts ate 
> sector 0. 
> 
> In the final steps of Install, it gives the following message:
>  Loading root image from ...
> 
> 
>  Failed to load the ROOT distribution. Please correct the problem & try 
> again.
> 
> I could not find any refernce this problem in the Running FreeBSD book.
> Other questions:
> I tried different combinations of MBR (Booteasy, Standard and None). 
> There is a confusing message when it prompts to choose MBR - it says 
> "PC-DOS users NOT select one!". Should be "none" or option 1.
>  
> Does Snap Shot 2.2 provide better support for IDE CD-ROMs ?
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Sridhar Krishnan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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