From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 25 17:35:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CCD106566B for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:35:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bibudh@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413DB8FC28 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:35:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bibudh@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so852305ywe.13 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:35:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=m0hbyH10uvOr6TsioIcpxJDe+4AytV9ufnovkp4GZlg=; b=DXCOVKIbPdBC/QtL+CgrA6mlQPB5YZEa5EfgenqEtu7mYg7bG9Z6S5apycf/tSTwxt tIoQsQ3teuy1jnaWAutP/qLloCxlfEvIY0kA9gOmmxkjSRHd4zyjsUveyhKTc7AGtDnx fNq4vbsWje4vSP/ZhSkpM7/M6OCsGmk2VQE/I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=tAFMjMOZiT/ea54+ZB0Bx/55VIaGvGBBPYoHYRFFWfiEBh7UjZ61rmgySwBEuhUpGj gCN2W+Ea8fpYYhvA++0sbulDwi+Rzn3yvyeEE9EWquZCICwRB/QUKRgol4VYnYi+zxwi r531Lt5hwplHO9y4g+SB8p+RUiWVkHoVMK/g0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.125.13 with SMTP id c13mr4977242ybn.127.1240679312930; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:08:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:08:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: Bibudh Lahiri To: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Installing FreeBSD 7.1 from a DOS partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:35:55 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.1 on the D: drive of my Windows XP machine. I've FTPed the entire content of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.1-RELEASE/ to my D: drive= . Section 2.13.4 ("Installing from an MS-DOS=AE Partition") of the following webpage http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html says "the BIN distribution is the only one required for a minimum installation." Can someone explain what the BIN distribution is and where i= s it located on the FTP server? I do not see any BIN folder in the contents I downloaded. Moreover, I read from the following URL http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/newbies/2003-09/0032.html that once I've copied the directories, I can simply launch the installation from floppies as normal and select "DOS" as my media type when the time comes. But changing the boot option to "Floppy Drive" makes the boot fail. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance Bibudh --=20 Bibudh Lahiri Graduate Research Assistant Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~bibudh/