Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:30:50 -0700 From: "John W. Rasins" <jrasins@interramp.com> To: matt quelch <mattq@techies.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ref: Installing freebsd Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960916193050.889fd54e@pop3.interramp.com>
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At 06:03 PM 9/16/96 +0100, you wrote: >Install from floppies...!! > >Upon running the installation booting from boot4.flp image, all runs >through ok except when i am prompted for the next disk. >The next disk has a dir \bin with bin.aa, bin.ab, bin.ac, bin.ad, bin.ae >(only) > >An error is returned saying bin distribution not found. >Can't find a kernel image to link to on root file system..! > >Have i missed some files off the second or first disk ? Yes, the new 2.1.5R floppy installation requires the .inf file to be on the first diskette in the distribution directory. So, for bin, and in the /bin directory on the first diskette, you will need bin.aa - bin.ae and bin.inf. This goes for all of the other distributions. John > >Any help would be appreciated. >Thanks >Matt
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