Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:19:39 -0300 From: Capriotti <capriotti@geocities.com> To: "Dr. Dieter Hartmann" <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AW: Install problems FBSD 2.2.5 / Walnut Creek CD-ROM Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980328221830.00966100@pop.mpc.com.br>
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Hello, doctor. Actually, your question is far beyond what I know about freebsd, so I took the liberty of FWDing your email to -questions, and I am also addressing onother question: if you try to install FreeBSD using the CD-ROM, is there any error message ? I couldn't quite understand what you meant by "cd conneceted by a PC card" . Maybe it is a pcmcia card ? And maybe it is not supported, is it ? At 09:50 PM 3/27/98 +-100, you wrote: >First of all, many thanks for your suggestions. >My problem is that I am trying to install fbsd on a laptop, the lousy (external) cdrom of which is connected by a pc card, for which there are drivers only for dos and windows 3.x and '95. So, I have created 2 partitions on the disk, the first one harbouring win 95, and have used the setup utility on the walnut creek cdrom to copy the files for installation to that partition. During this copy procedure , I have received the error message that x32bin.tgz could not be found. The further installation (creating boot disk and so on) went smoothly (comparable to my good experience with 2 years of linux ;-) ), but in the end, I had a nice fbsd working without x11 >My question: Is something wrong with the cdrom (missing file or link) and / or is there a workaround except buying 2.2.6 or another cdrom drive ? >kind regards >dieter > > >---------- >Von: Capriotti[SMTP:capriotti@geocities.com] >Gesendet: Samstag, 28. März 1998 07:54 >An: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Cc: dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de >Betreff: Re: Install problems FBSD 2.2.5 / Walnut Creek CD-ROM > >Allow me to add some comments: > > >First of all, Dietr, we need forther details on how you're trying to get >your passport to Freedom (FReeBSD, hehehe) installed. > >Are you actually using a CD ? I'll assume that you are. So, let's go: > >At 01:41 PM 3/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > >According to what Peter said: > >>If you have the CD and your drive is >>supported (most ATAPI(IDE) and SCSI ones are), then it's really easy to >>install from the CD. You need the boot floppy or a computer that can boot >>CDs. > >Newer computrs can boot from CD, but not all CDs are bootable. So that, >there are a couple of ways you can boot from floppy (more usual): > >1) Using DOS or Win95 (not NT !!!) Format a floppy and include the >operating system on it (let me know if you need details on this, ok ?) > >2) make sure this new disk will have necessary files to access your CD-ROM >drive > >3) boot from floppy > >4) go to CD > >5) run install ! (voila !!!) > >or, if you prefere, you can create a FreeBSD bootable disk using the >programs provided on the CD itself. You will find instructions there on how >to do it. > >Not difficult at all ! What may be happening is a HW problem, but we/re not >sure. > >You need to provide us with more detailed instructions. > >Did it help ? I hope so ! > >> >>I hope this helps. >> >>On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Dr. Dieter Hartmann wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> during installation of fbsd 2.2.5 from a dos partition, the setuip >>> program complains about a missing >>> x32bin.tgz while copyiong files from the cdrom. accordingly, I could not >>> install x window surface, whereas the command line stuff works just >>> fine. >>> What is the problem ?? >>> Kind regards >>> Dieter Hartmann >>> <dhartma@ibm.net> >>> <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de> >>> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> >> >>- Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com >> >> >> > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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