Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 20:38:50 -0600 From: Eichler@ALLTEL.net To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing Message-ID: <38A0D33A.41CF086D@ALLTEL.net> References: <389C4F33.986B8EF3@ALLTEL.net> <rd6900vvjxt.fsf@world.std.com>
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Thanks for the message. I have it installed on 2 machines now. One of the files was corrupted. John Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Eichler@ALLTEL.net writes: > > > I downloaded and copied all the binary kernel distribution for 2.2.8 to floppies. One each floppy I put a subdirectory like a:/bin/bin.aa etc. just like the instructions said. > > > > I can get to the point where it asks for floppies during the installation but it doesn't read my floppies telling me that it can't find the necessary files. What might cause this. I'm sure it's something simple that I have overlooked. > > freebsd-doc isn't really the right list for this kind of question. > questions or newbies would be better. > > There really aren't enough details in your message to figure out the > problem. I recommend you post again, describing what happens when the > installation "doesn't read" your floppies. Is the disk drive active > (i.e., is it *trying* to read the files from the floppy)? Are you > sure that the disks are readable (i.e., did you do a fresh format, at > least of the first few disks, and copy the files over again? > > Good luck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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