From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 6:34:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Pegasus.cc.ucf.edu [132.170.240.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF5415523 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:34:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) Received: from pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (pegasus.cc.ucf.edu [132.170.240.30]) Ident [ewayte] by pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id AD4583453; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:28:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:28:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Wayte To: Dan Langille Cc: Real Melancon , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems on 3.1 In-Reply-To: <19990412055616.MCQI5752963.mta2-rme@wocker> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG He is following the directions included with the 3.1-RELEASE CD set from Walnut Creek. I also encountered the same error, but was able to boot from the CD-ROM and installed 3.1 without incident. The install.bat worked fine on 2.2.6 and 2.2.8. There have been messages posted here about this error and replies were along the lines of - you're dumb, go figure it out yourself. I don't recall seeing a definitive answer on how to correct this problem, either. Eric Wayte, DBA Univ. of Central Florida ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:54:30 +1200 > From: Dan Langille > To: Real Melancon > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Installation problems on 3.1 > > On 11 Apr 99, at 12:04, Real Melancon wrote: > > > I just got we new 3.1 CD. > > > > I mount the SCSI drive on 2920 Adaptec with DOS > > without any problems. > > > > I typed: D:\INSTALL > > and got: Invalid command or file name > > > > INSTALL.BAT just calls fbsdboot.exe which is in > > the d:\tools subdirectory, so I just added > > > > PAth=%PATH%;D:\TOOLS > > > > typed: D:\INSTALL again > > and got: Invalid file format! > > > > the install.bat is just: > > > > fbsdboot.exe -D kernel > > > > This is a brand new CD. I tried all kind of different > > installations but it's no use since it only recognized > > the IDE drive (200 mb) and can't recognized the SCSI > > drive (which is 3.2gig) > > > > Is the CD buggy, or am I missing something. Any answer > > would be really appreciated. > > I *think* you are using the wrong instructions. I've never installed that > way. Perhaps using the floppies would help. See the > http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/dual.htm and it will walk you through > installation on a Windows 95 box. It will also point you to the sections > in the handbook you should have read. It *sounds* to me like you didn't > do that first. > > cheers. > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message