From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 9 06:59:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA15543 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 06:59:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beowulf.utmb.edu (beowulf.utmb.edu [129.109.59.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA15537 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 06:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bdodson@localhost) by beowulf.utmb.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA03376; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:57:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:57:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" Message-Id: <199707091357.IAA03376@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: support@cdrom.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bord@cruzio.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Boot Floppies X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sorry, FreeBSD boot floppy images have not fit on a 1.2 drive for many versions now. A 1.44 is _completely_ full. Maybe get a new floppy drive? Bud Dodson PS, The newer versions are much better at using ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM drives. Much progress has been made here. (And much remains? Does any one know of any modern CD-ROM drives that do not work?) > Hi, > > I recently purchased the FreeBSD 2.2.2 OS from Walnut Creek CDROM and am > having difficulties installing it on my computer (486 DX PC). > > One of the difficulties is that there is no 1.2Mb boot floppy image file > in the /FLOPPIES subdirectory. I need such a file because the boot > drive of my computer is a 5 1/4 " drive which can only support 1.2Mb or > less of disk space. Can I be sent a 1.2Mb file or be given a link where > I could download it? > > Another problem is with my CD-ROM drive. I have previously installed an > earlier version of FreeBSD with the FTP installation option, so I did > not need to use my CD-ROM drive for installation. I removed the old > version of the os because of partitioning problems. But now, when I try > to boot off of the earlier version's boot disk, the installation program > cannot detect my CD-ROM drive. I have a quad speed Creative Labs > "SoundBlaster" CD-ROM drive and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to tell > the kernel (at the Boot: prompt?) to explicitly detect my CD-ROM drive? > > Thanks for your help, > Daniel > > -- > -+- -+- -+- > | Daniel A. Borlean / bord@cruzio.com \ > / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / http://members.cruzio.com/~bord \ > \ / Scotts Valley, CA /| http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~bdaniel \ > | 408-461-1676 / | /\ > -+- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~/-+- \ ^Life iS shOrt! plaY smarT!!^ / -+- > /|\/ \/ \_|___^ ^___\_/ \ > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790