From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 08:30:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995B116A434 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 08:30:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DCA43D46 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 08:30:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so1528180wra for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 01:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.132.6 with SMTP id f6mr4024319wrd; Wed, 24 May 2006 01:30:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.4? ( [216.45.217.148]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 64sm5708468wra.2006.05.24.01.30.23; Wed, 24 May 2006 01:30:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 04:30:25 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: References: X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060524042805.5CAC.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:30:27 -0000 Afrose Fathima wrote: > Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a DELL box.I have dowloaded > the 6.1-Release ISO images from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/r...ISO-IMAGE > S/6.1/ . > Its gives us the ISO's for three CD's bootonly,disc1,disc2.But when > we try to install starting with the bootonly disc it misses out on a > few screens and also gives messages regarding unavailability of a few > packages etc. Also it does not ask for the insertion of the other CDs > at any point of the installation. Request for some help as soon as > possible. I use the boot-only disk to install FSBD. You need FTP access to make it work. If you cannot make an FTP connection, then you will need to use disk 1 to install FSBD. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net