From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 11:30:41 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E50937B401 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:30:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f16.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B186043FAF for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:30:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from josh_miner@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:30:39 -0800 Received: from 68.164.108.215 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:30:39 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.164.108.215] From: "Joshua Miner" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Help! Installation Question Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:30:39 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Feb 2003 19:30:39.0644 (UTC) FILETIME=[8E6F5DC0:01C2D45F] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Help! I am having trouble installing the 5.0 release FreeBSD. I am installing it to its own machine and I have completed the following steps. I do not have a bootable CD Rom drive (though I do have a CD Rom burner), so I have been planning to install from discs. So far I have: 1. Formatted two floppy discs. 2. Downloaded kern.flp and mfsroot.flp to my root c: drive (of a Windows system) 3. Downloaded fdimage to my root c: drive (of a Windows system) 4. Copied kern.flp from the Windows DOS emulator with the command: fdimage kern.flp a: 5. Copied mfsroot.flp from the Windows DOS emulator with the command: fdimage mfsroot.flp a: 6. I turned on the machine to which I will install the OS and ensured that floppy disks were the primary boot mechanism in the setup menu. 7. When I restart the machine with the kern.flp or the mfsroot.flp in the disk drive I get the message “Insert bootable media in the appropriate drive.” Any suggestions? _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message