Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:06:57 -0400 From: David Nobles <dnobles@dnobles.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Re: FreeBSD CDROM Installation Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030914143323.00a86ec0@dnobles.com>
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Per David's suggestion, I'm redirecting this question to this list. My FreeBSD CDs are for 3.2. Not sure what additional information might be helpful. > > My old hard drive with Win98 died and I just got a new 40GB for my > > laptop so I decided to install FreeBSD instead . > >Woo hoo! > > > I created the Kernel and MFS floppies per the instructions in my > > book (FreeBSD 3rd edition) and it sets up my partition, asks what > > type of installation I want (selected Novice). I then tell it the > > installation media is CDROM but when it boot it appears to scan the > > CDROM (led flashes) but then boots from the hard drive giving me a > > message that 0:wd(0,a)/kernel is the default and placing me at the > > boot: prompts. > >The sequence of events above doesn't make sense. It sounds as if when >you set your media type it subsequently reboots. It shouldn't be doing >that at all. > >You should redirect this question to the freebsd-questions list, as the >charter of this list prohibits the answering of technical questions. >The only way we can keep FreeBSD's reputation of stability and >robustness is to direct people with technical questions to those who >actually know the answers. > >David Regards, David Nobles http://www.dnobles.com dnobles@dnobles.com dnobles@hushmail.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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