From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 22:36:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA01438 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:36:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA01433 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:36:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00314; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:33:28 -0800 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:33:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Sam Musallam cc: berkely sd Subject: Re: install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Sam Musallam wrote: > Dear FreeBSD > I am new to the BSD and to UNIX and am having problems with installing > BSD 4.4! This is FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, not BSD 4.4. It is *derived* from 4.4 Lite. > 1) It keeps telling me it can't find the root file (even though I've included the > floppies directory). I'm installing from a DOS partition. > 2) I am installing it on a 1GIG drive. Is it possible that BSD leaves my DOS > partition intact while it is intalling. (Everytime it fails, I have to go back and > reformat my drive). Did you split your drive using fips? If so, you shouldn't use the dos install; try floppies or FTP instead. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major