Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:45:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Hamish MacGregor <buckaroo@ecn.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322234345.12642Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3513BAC2.2A723BD4@ecn.net.au>
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On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Hamish MacGregor wrote: > My first plan was to download the required files to my Pentium, then > make them available on via ftp, from which I could install (since the > 486 I want to install on doesn't have a modem). I got everything from > /FreeBSD-stable/src and ran the boot floppy, pointing at the IP address > of the other Pentium. It kept saying "Unknown Network Error". Press ALT-F2 and see what errors you're getting. > So, I made > a 200MB partition on the 486, and copied the files via zipdisk across to > C:\FREEBSD. No luck there either, it kept telling me I was missing the > bin docs manpages dict distributions. . did you organize the directories as described in INSTALL.TXT? . Did you remember to download the .inf files and put them in the correct directories? > So... main questions are: > What am I meant to download? /FreeBSD-stable/src? No, no no; you don't want the source code :) Suggestion: Don't install -stable. Start at the release and then upgrade to -stable (don't forget to subscribe to stable@freebsd.org first!!) > What directory doe I put it in if I'm creating a local ftp site for > myself? It should be anonymously available as /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.x-RELEASE/ > What about the 8.3 filenames? Problem. 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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