Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:22:47 +0000 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "Sukhbinder Singh" <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Problems Message-ID: <btv58vkbm1gd8srlmef25grc3i4qbjlijh@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-DAV1622ZhCl8ai00039465@hotmail.com> References: <370EFEC0-5F79-11D7-B4F7-00039369D83A@jmv.com.au> <BAY2-DAV1622ZhCl8ai00039465@hotmail.com>
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"Sukhbinder Singh" <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> wrote: > First, I made the 2 image floppy disk for the 2 image files by >downloading them from ftp.freebsd.org. These 2 files are kern.flp and >msfroot.flp. I also downloaded and made an image disk for drvivers.flp = just >to download the drivers at the installation process. Sounds like you are trying to install the 5.0 version. I would advise anyone who is fairly new to FreeBSD to try 4.7 instead. You would need to obtain the 4.7 images for kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. There is no=20 driver.flp for 4.7. <snip> >I have 2 MB of my hard disk space devoted to FreeBSD. 2MB isn't enough! I presume you meant 2GB :) <snip (all ok so far)> >Then in the next screen I get another window >with a request message like "Do you want to try DHCP configuration at = the >Interface ? Yes No ". I selected No and proceeded to the next level of = the >installation process. In this next level, I get a big screen called the >"Network Configuration" window to proceed with my ftp. I think or = suspect >this is where the problem is. This window has 7 fields which it = requires me >to enter. These 7 fields are host, domain, ipv4 gateway, name server, = IPv4 >address netmask :, extra option to ifconfig. I do not know any = information >regarding any of the fields. If I leave all of these fields empty, the >installation program prompts me with an error message like "must specify= a >host name of some sort !" Then I just entered a host name for the host, >like foo.com and pressed enter to proceed all the way through the 7 = fields >to the OK button. You definitely need some more entries there. Choose something that you would not find on the net for domain. I use the rather boring my.domain and the hostname can be any word you like. You must insert a valid IP in the Name Server (DNS) field. If you = usually use Microsoft Windows to connect to your ISP, you should be able to see the Name Server address by using winipcfg while connected. Or you may be able to find this from your ISP's www help pages, or contact their Tech. Support as a last resort. Without a Name Server the installation won't be able to convert a name like ftp.freebsd.org into a number (62.243.72.50). And therefore will not be able to connect. It would probably help to put an entry in the interface netmask field. 255.255.255.0 should be ok. <more snippage> >It fails to download freebsd automatically from the freebsd ftp site = like >it should. Any help will be helpful. I hope this is helpful. Good luck. John.
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