Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:32:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: mweber@pacbell.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <20010107113237.B97330@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A5761AB.6744C73E@postoffice.pacbell.net>; from mweber@postoffice.pacbell.net on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:19:24AM -0800 References: <3A5761AB.6744C73E@postoffice.pacbell.net>
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On Saturday, 6 January 2001 at 10:19:24 -0800, mweber@postoffice.pacbell.net wrote: > I bought (from fry's) the most recent release. I didn't think that Fry's had anything which wasn't at least two releases out of date. > The CD-ROM has no installation.bat that I know of. What's that? > My computer is an older one (dec lpx+) which has been upgraded from > 48633 to a 486 100. I have 2 disks (recognized) and 40 megs of > memory. A creative CD which is not bootable but is Matsushita 563. > It is recognized by 2 different LINUX distributions but not your > FREEBSD. The Matsushita 563 is supported, but it's not in the GENERIC kernel. You'd have to build a new kernel after installation. > Also, your documentation on how to install from floppies (just a > bare system) leaves a lot to be desired. First you are very unclear > about what files by name are needed. Or your math is way off. Which documentation? Examples, please? > What gives and why cannot I install ? One reason appears to be that you're hazy about details. Which release of FreeBSD? What problems are you having with the floppy install? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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