From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 10 10:59:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA21967 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:59:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (196-7-192-184.iafrica.com [196.7.192.184]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA21952 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) id UAA00252; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:56:39 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199612101856.UAA00252@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: installing freebsd In-Reply-To: <32ADA44C.6CFB@ibm.net> from Richard Arnold at "Dec 10, 96 12:56:28 pm" To: RichardA@ibm.net Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:56:38 +0200 (SAT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 . 11-07-96 1:17a .. 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