From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 9 21:31:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE2A150EE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 21:31:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-154-215.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FG800DAKF1XSN@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 23:27:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA07852; Mon, 09 Aug 1999 23:29:35 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 23:29:34 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: Please help me In-reply-to: <19990810025438.97419.qmail@hotmail.com>; from From Surya on Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 09:54:36PM -0500 To: From Surya Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990809232934.J772@holly.dyndns.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i References: <19990810025438.97419.qmail@hotmail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 09, 1999, From Surya wrote: > Hello, > I was trying to install your OS by copying all the bin, and xwindows > files (also the man files onto my hard disk). but whenever after going thru > the inital stages with the floppy, it says "No root device found- you must > label a partition as / in the label editor" why do you think I am > encountering this error. I will appreciate your help in this matter. > Thnaking you, It is clearly stated in the documentation you get when you go through the process of downloading the appropriate files as named on the website. Please visit http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html -- |Chris Costello |Gotta run, the cat's caught in the printer. `------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message