From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 29 21:19:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hades.netsonic.net (hades.netsonic.net [207.250.84.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4F214D29 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:19:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adam2@netsonic.net) Received: from newman ([208.243.22.4]) by hades.netsonic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA11528 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:19:53 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199912300519.XAA11528@hades.netsonic.net> X-Sender: adam2@207.250.84.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:19:29 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Adam L. Simpson" Subject: Re: Before I return FreeBSD to the store... In-Reply-To: <0.8cf3908f.259c43d3@cs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did you try to install with a boot floppy then install from cd instead of trying to boot the cd? directions inside your cdrom case. At 11:12 PM 12/29/99 , you wrote: >To whom it concerns, > >I have just one question to ask before I decide to purchase 3.4 after I >return 3.3 to the software superstore where I purchased it... have you fixed >the damned installation error which prevents me from installing the software >with an APTAI CD-ROM? > >I am happy to give FreeBSD a chance to prove itself to me but I cannot unless >I can install it! If you have not fixed it in this version then please keep >my e-mail on file so you can notify me when you have. > >Thank you, > >Charles M. Austin > >ps - after spending an hour of my time moving the blasted pin on my CD-ROM to >every possible combination, without of course the manual, in order to make a >"slave", I gave up and I have no desire to do it again. Make sure to let me >know when FreeBSD is as easy to install as ANY of my LINUX packages; >including RedHat 6.1 and TurboLinux 4. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message