From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 16:34:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA28048 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:34:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.190.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA28022 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:34:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ladybug@pugetsound.net) Received: from a180.pioneernet.net by mail.pioneernet.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1458.49) id XG839QLF; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:34:14 -0800 Message-ID: <347628A2.B42612DD@pugetsound.net> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:34:42 -0800 From: Liz McQueeny X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: HELP!!!! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm trying to install freebsd and I'm having a problem! I want to do a single-disk, multi-os install. I have windows 95 installed already. I downloaded the fips.exe and set up a new freebsd partition, then I made my freebsd boot disk using the fdimage file. I then downloaded the "bin" files from the ftp.cdrom site and stored them in a directory named FreeBSD. The boot disk works fine but when i try to install from a dos partition it kicks me back out to the select distributions screen and I get into a vicious circle from there. So, I decided to try to fdimage all of the "bin" files to floppy disk and install that way, but when I got to the actual install screen where it asks me to put in the first floppy, I get an error message that reads "Error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist : Invalid argument". What does this mean??? I'm new to UNIX-type OS's and I'm very lost!! I hope I've given you enough information and I also hope you can help me. Thank you for taking the time to read this. -- Elizabeth McQueeny ladybug@pugetsound.net