From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 03:05:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA11756 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA11747 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:05:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA09847; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:05:17 -0800 (PST) To: "John Messenger" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APATIFLP.BAT In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Mar 1997 23:36:17 MST." <199703100738.AAA08770@puma.cyberport.com> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:05:17 -0800 Message-ID: <9841.857991917@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > In your doucumaentaion for freebsd realease 2.1.5 you clearly state that > you cannot use a standard boot disk if you have an IDE CD-ROM. and you This was a documentation mistake which was fixed in subsequent releases. atapiflp.bat is dead, and the ATAPI support was merged into the single boot.flp image. You just follow the usual instructions and don't make any special case for ATAPI CDROMs. > site. As you might have guessed by now I am having difficultly installing > the OS, I have tried copying everyhing over to my other harddrive and > installing from there, I have tried copying the files to the Drive where > the OS will later be installed and installing from there, I have booted > from the boot disk,(that I can't Use) I have booted from dos. all I get is Hmmm. It does sounds like you'd also benefit from the new DOS hand-holding stuff in 2.1.7. Can I talk you into a free upgrade? :-) Jordan