Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:32:00 -0600 From: "Gerald Beisch" <b1@ncn.net> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing Message-ID: <01bd65cb$ef4e6260$3f2148ce@generic>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6599.A4B3F260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gentlemen: I have been trying to install Freebsd without success.After learning I = had some hardware problems and adjusting them I finally got the boot = disk to work properly. I have tried to follow the directions using = option #5 for a Novice installation, I inserted the wrong floppy and = can't get to the point again where I can start installing again. The = directions may be clear to some people but they don't much help a = greenhorn =20 like myself. They don't exactly tell you when and how ; making your own = kernel, how to set up the hard disk; etc.I am tired of using Windows 95 = due to several=20 unexpected crashes. Any suggestions or ideas. Thanks Gerald Beisch ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6599.A4B3F260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Gentlemen:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have been trying to install Freebsd without = success.After=20 learning I had some hardware problems and adjusting them I finally got = the boot=20 disk to work properly. I have tried to follow the directions using = option #5 for=20 a Novice installation, I inserted the wrong floppy and can't get to the = point=20 again where I can start installing again. The directions may be clear to = some=20 people but they don't much help a greenhorn </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>like myself. They don't exactly tell you when and = how ; making=20 your own kernel, how to set up the hard disk; etc.I am tired of using = Windows 95=20 due to several </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>unexpected crashes. Any suggestions or ideas. Thanks = Gerald=20 Beisch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6599.A4B3F260-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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