Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 10:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ian Moore <imoore@hamcoll.schools.sa.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216104444.10408R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34E4074A.C05D6784@hamcoll.schools.sa.edu.au>
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On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Ian Moore wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to install bsd on my machine from a dos partition. I tried to
> do it using ftp but had trouble getting an ftp connection. So then I
> tried ftping from Windows and downloaded freeBSDcurrent to a directory
> called c:\freebsd as per the installation instructions (I don't have the
> CD to copy it from). When I try to do the install, it seems to mount the
> DOS partition (I've created the BSD partition OK) but it claims it
> can't find the bin files (or any other stuff I try to install besides a
> basic install). I then tried copying the contents of c:\freebsd\src\bin
> to c:\freebsd\bin, but that didn't help. I assume the problem is that I
> just don't have the right files in the right place but I'm not sure.
> Can you help?
I think your paths are wrong. You should have stuff in:
C:\
FREEBSD\
BIN\bin.*
DOC\doc.*
MANPAGES\manpages.*
so on..
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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