Date: 08 Jan 98 13:37:23 -0800 From: "Brady K. Adams" <BKADAMS@us.oracle.com> To: dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install from floppies Message-ID: <199801082209.OAA09477@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>
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--=_ORCL_17011067_0_0 Content-Transfer-Encoding:7bit Content-Type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I did try you suggestion, however, the installer is still not working. I also noticed that the installation process does not even try to access the disk drive. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Brady K. Adams bkadams@us.oracle.com --=_ORCL_17011067_0_0 Content-Type:message/rfc822 Date: 04 Nov 97 13:19:39 From:Vega011@aol.com Sender:Vega011@aol.com To:bkadams@us.oracle.com Subject:Fwd: Trying to install MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding:7bit Content-Type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" --------------------- Forwarded message: From: dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Reply-to: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) To: Vega011@aol.com CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: 97-11-03 23:24:26 EST On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 Vega011@aol.com wrote: > I have successfully created the installation boot disk image. > I am using this to format my computer. > Everything seems to go well: I am able to configure my kernal, I then select > 'Novice' installation, I select 'Use Entire Disk' in the partition editor, I > select 'Standard' MBR, I select 'Auto Defaults for all!' in the disklabel > editor, I select 'All' distributions, I select 'Floppy' installation media (I > have no CDROM), then confirm requests. > Partitioning seems to go fine. > I then get a message requesting 'Please insert floppy in floppy drive unit > A'. > I then insert my floppy with the files bin.aa, bin.ab, bin.ac, bin.ad and > bin.ae on them, and hit enter. You need to have bin.inf on this disk too. And the files must be in a bin\ directory. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major --=_ORCL_17011067_0_0--
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