Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 01:42:41 +0000 From: mitch@bighorn.accessnv.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing from dos part or CD Message-ID: <199512280943.BAA12389@bighorn.accessnv.com>
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Hello, I am currently trying to install freeBSD on my D: drive which is a 1.62 gig hard drive. I have an unsupported CD rom, it is a 6x Wearnes CD rom drive that came with my Gateway 2000. I am trying to install freebsd 2.0.5 from the June 1995 Walnut Creek CD set. Since I am unable to load from the CD I followed the instructions to install from a dos partition. I xcopied the files from e:\dist\bin to my c:\freebsd. I actually copied the whole dist's to my C: drive because I have enough free space on C:. I then proceeded to copy the floppies directory and I also made a bootable floppy. When I ran the install program and said the media type was from dos partition, it would create my new partitions but it could not find the boot mirror from the dos partition or from the floppy I had made. I thought maybe it was looking on the d: drive to install to, so I made a small dos partition on the D: and followed the instructions this time and copied just the basic /dist/bin to that drive. Same thing occurred, couldn't find the boot mirror from the floppy or from the dos parition. Any suggestions? I have been playing with this for 2 days. I tried to install Linux on the hard drive too, but it wouldn't work because my cd-rom is unsupported. So I am the closest with Freebsd, and it actually is my preference, but right now I will take anything that works. Thanks again, Mitch Harhay Access Nevada, Inc.
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