Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:32:35 -0800 From: "Richard Koett" <richard@koett.ca> To: <doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Installation Documentation Suggestion Message-ID: <006a01c65181$61d68e80$0502a8c0@mobile1>
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I had a slight problem following the installation instructions for = FreeBSD when I got to this point: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-media.h= tml I had booted my computer from a CD that I burned using = 5.4-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso, walked through a custom installation just = fine till just after selecting the install media and being prompted: User Confirmation Requested Last Chance! Are you SURE you want to continue the installation? I selected "Yes". The filesystems were created, then the following error = occurred:=20 Unable to transfer the base installation from acd0 This may sound incredibly stupid but I spent a fair bit of time trying = to troubleshoot this before I tried removing the boot CD, inserting the = on created from 5.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and THEN selecting "Yes" to = continue the installation. I assumed that when it was necessary to swap CD's I would be prompted. = This was not the case. In checking the installation instructions in the = handbook there is also no mention of removing the boot CD and inserting = the next one before continuing. I realize that the CD image name contains the string "bootonly". Still, = you might consider having the install script check for the correct CD or = give some kind of reminder when to change it, or perhaps make a note in = your instructions as to when the CD should be swapped. Perhaps by pointing out where I got confused I can prevent some other = dummy from getting caught the same way. Cheers! RPK.
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