From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 29 20:21:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.lig.bellsouth.net (mail1.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6857914EED for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:21:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msewein@bellsouth.net) Received: from bellsouth (host-209-214-52-138.mgm.bellsouth.net [209.214.52.138]) by mail1.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.0/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA28560 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:20:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael & Sara & Emma" To: Subject: Install FreeBSD entirely from floppy Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:19:02 -0500 Message-ID: <000001beda3a$45de2fa0$8a34d6d1@bellsouth.bellsouth.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01BEDA10.5D0827A0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2212 (4.71.2419.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BEDA10.5D0827A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have (I think) installed successfully on my laptop. But during several installs I cannot mount my DOS partition to access the SRC and BIN files. Now that I have finally made it all the way through a minimum install, when I boot it can't find the kernel and I am left with a simple prompt boot: Any command I enter it tells me NO if I "?" then it lists my directories but I cannot get to them. Any help would be great. How do I set up the floppies for install? And is the boot: prompt a system level or did the last install bomb out? Thanks Michael ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BEDA10.5D0827A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have = (I think)=20 installed successfully on my laptop. But during several installs I = cannot=20 mount my DOS partition to access the SRC and BIN = files.

Now = that I have=20 finally made it all the way through a minimum install, when I boot it = can't find=20 the kernel and I am left with a simple prompt

boot: =20

Any = command I enter=20 it tells me NO

if I = "?" then it=20 lists my directories but I cannot get to them. Any help would be=20 great.

How do = I set up the=20 floppies for install?

And is = the boot:=20 prompt a system level or did the last install bomb = out?

Thanks

Michael

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