From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 9 13:10: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gemini.cybersurf.net (gemini.cybersurf.net [209.197.128.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B5214D31 for ; Sun, 9 May 1999 13:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from 3web.net (calppp159046.3web.net [209.197.159.46]) by gemini.cybersurf.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA14168; Sun, 9 May 1999 14:09:53 -0600 Message-ID: <3735EB6C.B2B8E95A@3web.net> Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:09:18 -0600 From: duke normandin <01031149@3web.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rick hamell Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fdimaged the floppies--what next? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG rick hamell wrote: > > I've got the kern and mfsroot floppies built. What do I do next? > > Put the kern.flp disk into the drive. Turn off the computer. Turn > it on and follow the instructions. Check out > www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html for precise instructions. > > Rick Thanks for the reply! I suppose that I did sound like a bloody moron--I did read the link and booted as you said. Looked at the hardware install routine and saw that my NEC-4300a cdrom changer was not supported (I guess) cuz it had CONF to the left of it. It is an IDE type. I had other CONF as well that may or may not be relevant. I didn't at that particular go-round save& exit. I thought that I should resolve these hardware conflicts first. What I should have asked was--once this hardware stuff is settled, I suppose that I will be asked what partition I want freeBSD installed on? Which leads me to my next question--I have a Compaq Deskpro XE 466 (it's a 486-66Mhz w/20M RAM) and a Quantum 1.xxxG HD. When I installed the HD, Quantum's Disk Manager had to be used to partition the HD, cuz I was told that my BIOS would only see 500Megs. I have 1 DOS partition. If I proceed with freeBSD, I would want a second, small DOS partition (which I wont compress) and of course a freeBSD partition. Do I HAVE to do this with Quantum's Disk Manager first, or do(can) I use FIPS to do it all? thanks...duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message