From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 8 22:27:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15276 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15271 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA25111; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Dru cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 floppy install In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980205152614.0079c590@istar.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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