Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 floppy install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980208222650.24904a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980205152614.0079c590@istar.ca>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Dru wrote: > Am attempting a floppy install and have read and reread all the > documentation available at Freebsd.org. Am running Windows 95 on a 486DX > with a 815Mb IDE drive. Have successfully created the boot image file and > copied all the /bin to floppies I formatted myself. > > Setup runs successfully as follows: default kernel loads (after I resolve > all possible conflicts), I am able to partition my disc, load the boot > manager, and label my partitions. Please see attached file for debugging > details (which I have set to high in Options.) > > After choosing Minimum Install and Floppy Distribution, setup creates > holographic shell and prompts for the 1st floppy. Once floppy inserted and > press Enter, it returns me to the Choose Distributions menu. Again, please > see attached file for debugging details. Attached files look OK. Verify that the file `bin.inf' is in the bin\ directory on the first disk (along with the bin.* files you can fit). > Debugging shows floppy successfully mounted; also several screens of > directories created. However, several commands are returning statuses of 0. 0 == success 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 questions" in the body of the message
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