Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:24:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Vega011@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trying to install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103202401.26439Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <971102001839_-23041014@emout08.mail.aol.com>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 Vega011@aol.com wrote: > I have successfully created the installation boot disk image. > I am using this to format my computer. > Everything seems to go well: I am able to configure my kernal, I then select > 'Novice' installation, I select 'Use Entire Disk' in the partition editor, I > select 'Standard' MBR, I select 'Auto Defaults for all!' in the disklabel > editor, I select 'All' distributions, I select 'Floppy' installation media (I > have no CDROM), then confirm requests. > Partitioning seems to go fine. > I then get a message requesting 'Please insert floppy in floppy drive unit > A'. > I then insert my floppy with the files bin.aa, bin.ab, bin.ac, bin.ad and > bin.ae on them, and hit enter. You need to have bin.inf on this disk too. And the files must be in a bin\ directory. 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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