From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Jan 19 03:00:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id DAA26891 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 03:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.lanka.com ([202.51.128.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id DAA26883 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 03:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from sri.lanka.net (sri.lanka.net [202.51.128.1]) by relay.lanka.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA04712 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 17:00:59 +0530 Received: from sri.lanka.net by sri.lanka.net with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #8) id m0vm0eH-001tSLC; Sun, 19 Jan 97 17:03 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 19 Jan 97 17:03 GMT X-Sender: kanani@sri.lanka.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: bugs@FreeBSD.org From: kanani@sri.lanka.net (Computer Science University of Jaffna Sri Lanka) Subject: Installation Failure of FreeBSD with DOS File system X-Mailer: Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk To whom it may concern. INSTALLATION FAILURE OF FREEBSD WITH DOS FILE SYSTEM I have down-loaded all the necessary files(e.g., boot4.flp and /bin directory such as bin.aa, bin.ab,....) ovre the Internet, the I have sucessfully made the booting floppy. This floppy sucessfully BOOTS into my Computer and there isn't any hardware conflict. Finally there is a system installation menu appears. As it was said in the INSTALLATION.TXT, I have coppied all the files in floppies (1.44M properly formatted under the DOS operating system) in bin directory (a:\bin\bin.aa, a:\bin\bin.ab,.....). I tried to Install the FreeBSD via Novice. During the Installation process I did every thing properly. I have chosen the MINIMAL Installation option. With the media selection I have given the Floppy as the media of Installation. Every thing has gone properly until the Inseratation of the distribution floppy (a:\bin\bin.aa,....). After the Insetation of the floppy it tried to read the floppy then gave a message : "Couldn't extract the following distribution. Since the the selected media does not contain the distribution you have selected etc..." Then aborted with the incomplete Installation. After that I have taken a much pain to Install with the other options(e.g., Installing from the DOS partion etc.). I wish to point out the fact that I have done every thing properly in my part(as it was given in the relavent documents such as INSTALLTION.TXT, HARDWARE.TXT etc) I shall be thankful if you could report to me immediately about this problem. Since I am frastated very much with this. K.S.Selvarajan