Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:16:01 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: "OCEANS Ltd." <oceans@nfld.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD fails to Install Message-ID: <31F92781.3C7E@ime.net> References: <31EEBB53.7113@public.compusult.nf.ca>
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OCEANS Ltd. wrote: > > Hi: > > I have recently purchased a copy of FreeBSD 2.1 and I am having quite > a bit of trouble installing the OS. I have a 486 SLC2 IBM motherboard > with 16MB of RAM and an IDE hard drive and CDROM drive. > > I have tried each of the installation methods described in the handbook, > except for the network install, and each has failed. For both the DOS > install and DOS IDE procedures I was able to get through the initial > setup process of selecting the hardware and file systems but the install > failed, when I selected CDROM as source, with an error message saying that > I have to "assign disk labels before proceeding". > > As I did not expect the install to work properly because of the IDE CDROM > I next created the boot floppy for installing to an IDE CDROM. This > procedure did not get as far as either of the other two. When the system > tried to boot from the floppy it failed with the following error message > repeating until the system was rebooted: > > error: C:61 H:0 S:14 > Failed disk, Created by W95 dos 7??? If yes, use a real dos version. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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