Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:21:25 +0000 () From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: cs932304@red.ariel.cs.yorku.ca (DANIEL B REID) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INSTALL-BY-FLOPPY Message-ID: <199607301321.NAA03908@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.960729163929.1664A-100000@red> from "DANIEL B REID" at Jul 29, 96 05:03:46 pm
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> > using dd if=<bla> of=<bla> I created the images. (on linux system) > for the boot and root flp > > using an available NT server I downloaded bin.aa bin.ab ... etc > on NFS sharing using Windows95 I created 12 disks a:\bin\bin.aa ... > etc .. OK so far... > The boot.flp works fine ... I can do everything except the following: > (I have downloaded and read your faq.) > > once I select floppies as my install medium neither root.flp nor simply > starting with the first floppy with a bin directory works. > > with the root.flp I got the following error: > > error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist root.flp was killed off some time between 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 (thank goodness!), so I don't see where it comes into the equation. Are you being asked for it by the install program? (Unfortunately none of the users who helped us beta-test the install program seem to use floppies, so this part hasn't been tested very well).
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