From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 28 09:52:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23639 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:52:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23634 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:52:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA26784; Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:51:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:51:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Mark cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.5 installation In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981023035655.006aab30@mail.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Mark wrote: > I have a Walnut Creek 4 CD set containing FreeBSD 2.2.5 and tried to > install it on the following system: > P166-MMX > 32 MB RAM > 2 HD (800MB and 8 GB, in that order) > > The 800 MB HD makes up my C: drive and holds Windows 95. > The 8 GB HD has been split in 4 partitions of 2 GB each (D: E: F: G:) > > Due to the nature of my Win 95 installation i found it best to clear > out the F: partition and use it for FreeBSD (other partitions had > Win 95 components on them and I'd rather not have to reinstall them > from another drive... > > Anyway I tried installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 (CD) from DOS (selected all software > except where it said '(NOT ON CD-ROM)' and also only picked the video files > proper for my video board (S3 Virge)) > A few seconds after hitting 'OK' i get an error saying the installer > can't find X32BIN.TGZ (the version of xwindows on the CD is 3.31 and a file > called X331BIN.TGZ exists so I wonder if that's the file the installer wanted > *shrug*) SETUP.EXE is broken. Use a boot floppy instead. I certainly hope drive F is a primary partition and you remembered to delete it, otherwise you'll need to rebuild your extended partition so the space occupied by drive F is totally unallocated. > Anyway I created a boot disk from the installer menu and booted the PC > from there and attempted this approach to install FreeBSD 2.2.5. BTW 2.2.7 is out. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message