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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Troubles.
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Adam L. Simpson wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> I am fairly new to the unix/fbsd world and have been trying for three days
> now to get FBSD installed.  I have the install disks from walnut creek.. 
> 
> To this point I have tried everything in the books and al have failed..
> 
> I first tried via the cdrom... this failed because of the cdrom being ide i
> am assuming.. Do I need to go scsi with the cdrom drive?

No, if you have 2.1.5 and later it should find your CDROM.  You may need
to move it onto the primary controller.

> I then tried xcopy to a dos partition on the d drive and tried to
> install it to the c drive wd0 which also failed. 

You'd have to say what error messages you got for me to decode this.

> 1.  Do you have any tips for me to enable this to suceed?

Tell me more about your problems?

> 2.  Is it simply replacing the ide cdrom with a scsi?

That would be one solution.  Make sure you use a supported SCSI
controller, ie Adaptec or NCR/Symbios.

> 3.  Have you had as much grief installing fbsd on your machines?  Will we
> alsways have this sort of hassle?

Not me.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major