Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:20:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Brown <Zilgen@msn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD-2.1.6 basic (bin) installation on my Sony PCV-90 with 2.5 GB IDE drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970121112017.24610B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <UPMAIL09.199701182247330327@msn.com>
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Gary Brown wrote: > I followed the Visual installation process by placing the '/bin' packages into > a DOS directory "C:/FREEBSD/BIN", creating a boot/installation disk from the > bootstrap programs and then proceeding to follow all instructions for creating > a base system (disabling drivers where necessary). > > The process appear to work up until it was time to place the "/bin" files into > the newly created FreeBSD partition. At this point, the Visual installation > process informed me that it could not write each block of data onto the > partition (write error code -1). Did you copy the .inf file along with the distribution? Warning: you may not be able to boot this partition; it depends if the Sony BIOS can boot above 1024 cylinders. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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