Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:35:20 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Peter W. Sheremeta" <sherp@ottawa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cry for Help Message-ID: <20000813213519.A2555@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <000701c0055c$82b676a0$691cbfce@petermainhome>; from sherp@ottawa.com on Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 03:25:56PM -0400 References: <000701c0055c$82b676a0$691cbfce@petermainhome>
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On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 03:25:56PM -0400, Peter W. Sheremeta wrote: > HELP! > > As a summer project, I thought I would take an old 486DX2-66 with 16M RAM > and load an operating system that wasn't controlled by Microsoft. It was > meant to be a learning experience since I don't interface with Unix on a > daily basis. The final objective is to see if I can get this old box > running as a network server and tie in the two Windows clients I have in the > house into a mini home network. Good idea until I ran into the following > problem, a solution for which I would gratefully accept: > > The PC has an EISA motherboard with an SMC LAN card and a SCSI HD as well as > a SCSI CD ROM. I created the image floppies as described in the install > instructions and all seemed to be going well, including the partitioning of > the HD. A quick look with SCROLL LOCK ON shows the following last four > lines: > > cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3401TA 0283> Removeable CD-ROM SCSI-2 drive > cd0: 3.300 MB/s transfers > cd0: cd present [62118 x 2048 byte records] > /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0 > > The CD reference above is a distribution of FreeBSD 4.1 release that I > pulled down off the Net and burned onto the CD. I believe I have captured > all the most important (essential) sub-directories off the Net (bin, crypto, > etc) This is probably where you went wrong. If you want to burn your own CD you should get the iso-image of 4.1-RELEASE and burn that. Trying to make it work by getting individual files/directories is non-trivial to say the least. ( ftp://ftp.frebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-install.iso ) > > All goes well until I try to install the FreeBSD distribution off CDROM when > I get the following error message: > > Error mounting /dev/cd0c on /dist: No such file or directory(2) > > With my non-existent Unix skills I am now at a loss as to what to do next. > Can you "kick-start" me in the right direction and I'll go ahead and either > read some more or make the necessary configuration changes to get this > release loaded. > > Appreciate any and all help you can spare. > > Best Regards, > > <Peter> > Peter W. Sheremeta > sherp@ottawa.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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