From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 8 11:20:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10079 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.wr.com.au (wr.com.au [203.12.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA09908 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:19:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gharris@mail.wr.com.au) Received: from aplyozsq (dialup133.wr.com.au [203.27.69.133]) by mail.wr.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA24028 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 04:18:53 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199806081818.EAA24028@mail.wr.com.au> From: "Gary Harris" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 04:15:35 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Win 95 install X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01a) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I need some assistance with a Win95 install of FreeBSD 2.2.6. I have created a 300-odd MB partition for it but am having inordinate amounts of trouble getting it to work. The partition is on the Primary Win95 IDE drive as wd0s2. - The dist's install OK except for X. I get a message saying that the 2.1 compat dist could not be found. Is this required for X? I found nothing that says so. - The kernel config won't save. I.e. after I disable the unneeded hardware the system still goes searching for all the disabled ones. The install floppy fails after the kernel config and reboots. I've recreated the floppy with the same result. - I did get an install working by bypassing the kernel config however, I couldn't then reconfig using userinstall and I couldn't add dists. It reported that they didn't exist on the dos partition I referred to. - I foolishly re-installed the working version and now can't get past the boot prompt. Error messages say they can't find boot.config and boot.help, I think. - In the first instance, I discovered using the provided utility that the drive geometry was not the same in FreeBSD as reported. I changed it and it booted next try. That fix doesn't work now. The geometry is still 1 cylinder different to the reported one. Changing and writing does not achieve a boot. - When I had a working install, the mouse config would not work. I tried every combination of driver and port in the options menu but could not even see the cursor. It was only visible whilst holding down a key and cycling the screens. Whilst I am in no way a fan of Win95, it is the most common operating system in the world and the documentation for it is woeful. I have had to glean bits and pieces from various sources and references to dos partitions etc don't always work. If and when I get the damned thing going I intend to pen something to rectify the shortfall. I have now installed the system around a dozen times and am running out of hair to tear out! I have spent hours sloshing through the FAQ, Handbook and mail archives with no relief. Cheers, Gary. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary Harris PowWow: gharris@wr.com.au ICQ Pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/827286 EMail: gharris@wr.com.au EMail: gharri01@postoffice.csu.edu.au WWW: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1473/ PGP Public Key available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message