From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 30 11:09:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26386 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:09:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (pme170.sunshine.net [209.17.178.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26376 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:09:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id LAA00452; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:09:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Reply-To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: jbolivar@emsphone.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Hell In-Reply-To: <9901299176.AA917624641@ccgate.emsphone.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 jbolivar@emsphone.com wrote: > > Hey all, > > I have currently installed FreeBSD using floppies onto a PC. > Initially I just installed the bin distribution. I have installed the > manpages distribution, but now I am trying to install the src > distribution via floppy, but it doesn't seem to be working. I try to > install the ssys of src but when I try to install it nothing happens. > The attempting message comes up then disappears. Does any one have > any experience with installing distributions using floppies. Any info > would help. I had no problem with the manpages, so I don't understand > why I can't install the src distribution. Thanks in advance. Which "RELEASE" are you attempting to install it for? Are you installing via internet or CDROM? FWIW you don't have to enter the floppy to install additional distributions. Once logged in as "root" just type "/stand/sysinstall" and you can go to "Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD" and choose "Install additional distribution sets". This is assuming that you have configured your CDROM or IIJPPP. -- Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Discover Rock Solid, Discover FreeBSD | http://www.FreeBSD.Org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message