From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 22:12:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA05038 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:12:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA05033 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:12:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00602; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:12:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:12:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: rajesh srivastava cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Help! Help ! In-Reply-To: <19961028064225.22673.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 28 Oct 1996, rajesh srivastava wrote: > I downloaded "boot.flp" and rawrite. Made bootable floppy. > I downloaded "boot.inf" in second floppy No; this should be on *very first* floppy, if you are building a floppy set. > I downloaded - all files under "bin" directory onto ... ? > Now after booting my PC from boot floppy and selecting various options, I > selected "minimal" subset installation and installation media type as floppy. I > get message get next floppy. I inserted floppy havinf having "bin.inf", I get > an error "files not found on distribution" . Other nutty thing: you must make bin\ directories on the floppies then cram as many of the files you can into that directory, in sequential order. I think you can fit 5, maybe 6. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major