From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 20:18:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA07473 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA07429 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:18:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00694; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:17:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Sean Howell cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't find dist In-Reply-To: <3249C96A.2BB@postoffice.utas.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Sean Howell wrote: > Quick question. I have made the boot.flp, a free partition, have > c:\freebsd\bin sitting there with all the stuff from 2.1.5 release bin > directory. > > The install is ok until the end, I get a message something like "bin > dstibution not on Wds01". But it is! I got the user manual for 2.1.0, > it says I also need root.flp in the c:\freebsd\floppies directory, is > this required for 2.1.5. If so it's not noted in the 2.1.5 > install.txt. Well even if i did need it, I can't find it anywhere. Sounds like FreeBSD can't find your disk. It _is_ on the first disk in the system and on a primary DOS partition? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major