From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 15:27:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 15:27:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from matt.MUNICH.v-net.org (u57n248.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.57.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BCB37B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:27:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from unisys (Windozzze [192.168.8.2]) by matt.MUNICH.v-net.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA06454; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:27:18 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from matt@researcher.com) From: "Matt Rudderham" To: "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." , "Andrey Mavrichev" , Subject: RE: Installation - CD Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:25:37 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would also suggest getting the ISO image and using an appropriate utility to burn it. - Matt > > Your Link suggests you are using an ALPHA platform. > > If you are not then I would suggest that be the problem. > > You should be fine with a CD-writer. > ______________________________ > Jack J. Harris, Jr. > me@jharris.com > http://www.jharris.com/~jackh/ > PagerMail mailto:jackcell@jharris.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrey > Mavrichev > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 4:55 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installation - CD > > > Hi, > > I am trying to install a FreeBSD to my computer, but I do not have a > standard FreeBSD CD. However I have a CD-writer, so I downloaded all the > necessary distribution files from your FTP site > (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.0/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.2-RELEASE/) and then > copied them on the CD. I booted from floppies, and in the "options" menu > specified the installation from the CD-ROM. All went fine while it > installed the distribution files, but then it displayed the message that > it can't install kernel. > > My computer does not support booting from a CD-ROM, so in any case I > will have to boot from floppies. Can you tell me what configuration the > standard CD uses, and how that might be different from the one I used on > my CD (I had all distributions placed in the proper directory on the CD, > ex. D:\BIN\bin.aa, D:\BIN\bin.ab, etc...). I had the following > distributions on my CD in this manner: \bin, \dict, \doc, \manpages, > \ports, \proflibs, \src, \XF86336. > > Please inform me of a way to create a valid CD for installation using a > CD-writer, > > thank you for your help, > > Andrey Mavrichev. > > mavrichev@yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message