Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 21:47:46 -0600 From: bob olbrich <rjob@gulftel.com> To: charon@freethought.org, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installation for 3.1-RELEASE (re-post) Message-ID: <36FC54E2.9FFCBF71@gulftel.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19990325163327.00a4ccd0@mail>
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charon@freethought.org wrote: > At 05:04 PM 3/25/99 -0600, bob olbrich wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I've downloaded a minimal installation and I'd like to know > >what to do next (I'm new to UNIX, and the book I have does not > >discuss this thoroughly). > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html is helpful. You basically > need to make the boot floppies (it sounds like you haven't done this yet). > You can download the floppy images mfsroot.flp and kern.flp at > ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/3.1-RELEASE/floppies/. The installation > section of the Handbook (see above) explains what to do with these, and > what to do next. > > -charon > Yes, I made the installation floppies, connected by FTP, and chose the quick and minimal installation. I saw the /bin distribution downloaded. Everything worked fine. Using F2 at boot did nothing. That's why I thought the installation was not complete I thought some mount operation might be necessary. Bob Olbrich rjob@gulftel.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
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