Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 01:26:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Harris <gharris@wr.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win 95 install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980612012345.11999l-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199806081818.EAA24028@mail.wr.com.au>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Gary Harris wrote: > I need some assistance with a Win95 install of FreeBSD 2.2.6. I have > created a 300-odd MB partition for it but am having inordinate amounts > of trouble getting it to work. The partition is on the Primary Win95 IDE drive as wd0s2. > - The dist's install OK except for X. I get a message saying that the > 2.1 compat dist could not be found. Is this required for X? I found > nothing that says so. No, you just missed the compat21/ directory. > - The kernel config won't save. I.e. after I disable the unneeded > hardware the system still goes searching for all the disabled ones. The > install floppy fails after the kernel config and reboots. I've recreated > the floppy with the same result. Never seen that. How are you disabling devices? Are you using visual or CLI userconfig? > - I foolishly re-installed the working version and now can't get past > the boot prompt. Error messages say they can't find boot.config and > boot.help, I think. That tends to indicate that the installation fell over at some point. Are you sure you set up your DOS disk properly? > - In the first instance, I discovered using the provided utility that > the drive geometry was not the same in FreeBSD as reported. I changed it > and it booted next try. That fix doesn't work now. The geometry is still > 1 cylinder different to the reported one. Changing and writing does not > achieve a boot. That isn't significant. > - When I had a working install, the mouse config would not work. I tried > every combination of driver and port in the options menu but could not > even see the cursor. It was only visible whilst holding down a key and > cycling the screens. Did you enable moused? If you did then the X default mouse, SysMouse, should work. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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