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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:50:09 +1100
From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To: "Dr. Dieter Hartmann" <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de>
Cc: tony cappellini <newshirt@best.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: BSD 2.25 install problems
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On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 05:18:31PM +0100, Dr. Dieter Hartmann wrote:
> Hi,
> I have experienced the same problems concerning the missing x32bin.tgz during a
> dos installation from a
> walnut creek cdrom (2.2.5). Are there any ideas as yet (broken links or
> whatsoever) ?
> 
> Regards
> Dieter
> 
> tony cappellini wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm using a Adaptec 2940UW, and 2 Seagate 2.1GB SCSI drives, Pentium 100,
> > 64MB ram.
> >
> > (booting from the Cdrom is enabled in the 2940 bios)
> >
> > When I try booting 2.25 from my SCSI CDRom iI get the following messages
> >
> > "A bootable CDrom is detected in your CDrom drive"
> >
> > "The boot sections on your bootable CDrom are :0. Default Entry"
> >
> > "Your cdrom drive is inserted as Drive A: (0h). The original drive A" has
> > become drive b:"
> >
> > Then the system sits there indefinitely.
> >
> > So I tried booting to dos, then running install forn the Cdrom. This works
> > well, until I get tot the "Select Distribution Medium" section of Lehey's
> > book "The Complete Free BSD" (2nd edition), then when I select CDRom, it
> > tells me no Cdroms were found.
> >
> > Then I tried copying the CDrom to a dos partition, using the setup.exe
> > program (which was described in the sysinstall documentation), and after a
> > few seconds of CDrom and HD activity, an error message is displayed
> > "x32bin.tgz" is missing, and the copying aborts.
> >
> > How could they have left a file off of the install cdrom ???
> >
> > Not to mention that the Walnut Creek tech support line has been busy all day.
> > I'm guessing I'm not the only one calling in with install problems :)
> >
> > BTW, The CDRom works fine under W95, so I know the host  adapter/ cdrom
> > combo is working.
> >
> > Any suggestions ?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Tony
> >
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