Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:56:38 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: RichardA@ibm.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing freebsd Message-ID: <199612101856.UAA00252@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <32ADA44C.6CFB@ibm.net> from Richard Arnold at "Dec 10, 96 12:56:28 pm"
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Richard Arnold wrote:
> I have been having the hardest time trying to get freebsd to install.
> Here is what I have tried to do:
> I want to install freebsd to my laptop and so I downloaded all the
> necessary files to create the floppies. (obviously time consuming) I get
> the boot floppy to the installation menu just fine... configure
> everything as far as hardware just fine.. but when I go to choose the
> method of installation and choose floppy disk... it goes to the floppy
> drive and says: /bin /manpages /dict... ect... not found on disk.
> I have chosen the user installation setting and have places the
> appropriate files within a /bin directory on the floppy disk just like
> the install instructions say to. I have gone over the installation
> instructions again and again.. and can't see what I am doing wrong.
> Everything I am doing seems to be the right thing... but It still cant
> find whatever files it is searching for. I didnt even try other
> directories on the floppy disk (like /manpages) assuming that if it cant
> find the /bin directory... then it wont find any other.
> Help! I really want to learn more about UNIX and although I have linux,
> I would much rather install freebsd
You don't say what version you're installing, but you might just
double-check that your first distribution floppy looks like this:
[...]
Directory of A:\BIN
. <DIR> 11-07-96 1:17a
.. <DIR> 11-07-96 1:17a
BIN AA 240,640 07-13-96 10:27p
BIN AB 240,640 07-13-96 10:28p
BIN AC 240,640 07-13-96 10:28p
BIN AD 240,640 07-13-96 10:28p
BIN AE 240,640 07-13-96 10:28p
BIN AF 240,640 07-13-96 10:28p
BIN INF 1,994 07-13-96 10:35p
7 file(s) 1,445,834 bytes
2 dir(s) 11,264 bytes free
(The install routine doesn't understand long filenames, and the `.inf'
file is required.)
--
Robert Nordier
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