Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 04:53:49 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "DONGSHENG" <dongshgn@ly-public.sd.cninfo.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How can i proceed further ? Message-ID: <001601c05860$5dfadc00$0200000a@vladsempire.net> References: <13756.001127@ly-public.sd.cninfo.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DONGSHENG" <dongshgn@ly-public.sd.cninfo.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 4:08 AM Subject: How can i proceed further ? > Dear Sirs, > > I have a notebook of NEC PC-9821 Na12/H10. > Now i wann install freeBSD on it, so first i made a > boot floppies of 3.5"(1.44M),and booted up the computer, > and executed all boot files(two floppies),system prompted > to insert floppy disk to install OS. > > Before above work done, i have downloaded bin98.inf and > bin98.aa , bin98.ab,.... > and in our pure DOS environment, i used FDIMAGE command to > copy bin98.inf to floppy disk,and inserted it into floppy > drive. but system said "error mounting floppy fdo (/dev/fdo.1440) > on /dist: Invalid argument" > > I didn't know how to proceed further. > > I can affirm it was ok to boot system before starting installation > from floppies, the problem is installation floppies. > it should be insert floppy contenting bin98.inf first ? > or first inserting floppy contenting bin98.aa? > Or is there has any other problems? > > Thanks for your help in advance! > > Yours sincerely, > > Liu Qi Zhong > >From China > > I am pretty sure that the floppy you want to start with is the bin.aa floppy. I am also pretty sure that installing from floppies is the least desirable way to install FreeBSD. The chance of having a bad floppy is pretty high. If there is any way that you can get that laptop connected to the internet you can do an FTP install instead. (I think I would do that rather than use floppies even on a 56k dial-up connection.) Josh > > > 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
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