Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 23:20:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Barry Soben <bsoben@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installation Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961104231931.5689M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961104011303.00677350@fix.net>
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On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Barry Soben wrote: > I tried to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 from CD and I got a bunch of error messages > regarding how the program was unable to find certain files on the CD-ROM. I > got a really strange message going something to the effect of "I'm afraid > .... you won't be able to boot.. " I would have liked to have saved them > somehow, but didn't see any way to do that. What does the ALT-F2 debug screen report? CDROMs shouldn't have problems getting the distributions unless you're leaving bin out. > Also, I gave up on installing the boot manager. I have windows95 on my C > drive. I have a second h/d partitioned 400 megs DOS (D), 400 megs FreeBSD, > and 200 megs extented Dos (E).. I couldn't figure out how if/how/what I > needed to do with my 'c' drive (since it boots first) to install booteasy. > Installing and Running FreeBSD is not very descriptive in this area. I hope my previous message helps you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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