From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Sep 24 8:46:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from cepheus.azstarnet.com (cepheus.azstarnet.com [169.197.56.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6344C1557E for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:46:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sbcorey@azstarnet.com) Received: from dialup17ip116 (dialup17ip116.tus.azstarnet.com [169.197.38.116]) by cepheus.azstarnet.com (8.9.3+blt.Beta0/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA14208; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:46:02 -0700 (MST) X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ From: "Scott B. Corey" To: "Chris Hantz" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions on install Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:48:20 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <19990924085139.21564.qmail@hotmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99092408553801.02376@dialup17ip116> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Chris Hantz wrote: > I recently have reviewed the freebsd.org website and am ready to install > FREEBSD. I am running a Win98 machine with a 9.1 gig drive..I am running a > primary (FAT32) and extended partitions, the extended having 4 logical DOS > drives running FAT32. I have downloaded kern.flp and mfsroot.flp and have > read through the README that is provided. My question is what else do I > need? I have also grabbed the complete BIN directory. Where do I put the bin > files? How do I configure BSD to work with Windows98..I am very confused. > Where do I start, how do I start? Do I pop in the floppy with kern.flp and > go from there? How will it know which drive to install it to etc...what is > the boot.flp, will I need this in the installation? > > Thanks, > Chris Hantz Go back to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html and read and read. Then when you have read the Installation section and done what it asks, you will have a better understanding of what installing FreeBSD entails. I am not trying to be a smart ass, I am trying to help you. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message