Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:15:51 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mikael_Str=F6mberg?= <mikael@larson-lind.se> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Making Installation CD Message-ID: <00b501be8657$6622dc70$da4b64c3@mikael>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01BE8668.280A7F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have searched through the FAQ and the FreeBSD handbook but nowhere = have I found how to make my own installation CD - only talk about Walnut = Creek cds. I have burnt a couple of cds now but the installation cannot = find my bin... directories. Question: What do I name the directory where I put all the directories = and files I've downloaded in order for the installation program = (kern.flp+mfsroot.flp) to find them? I have managed to install FreeBSD from a dos partition as per errata.txt = I have put the directories in a c:\releases folder. I do not want to = waste any more cds trying to get it right! In the Handbook I found only the directories recommended for download = and how I make the floppies to boot the installation + hints about the = Walnut Creek CDs. I'm sure the answer is out there, but I'm anxious to get the FreeBSD up = and running. Thanks and regards (I have downloaded the 3.1-Stable) Mikael Stromberg Lulea/Sweden mikael@larson-lind.se=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01BE8668.280A7F90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have searched through the FAQ and the = FreeBSD=20 handbook but nowhere have I found how to make my own installation = CD=20 - only talk about Walnut Creek cds. I have burnt a couple of cds = now but=20 the installation cannot find my bin... directories.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Question: What do I name the = directory where I=20 put all the directories and files I've downloaded in order for the = installation=20 program (kern.flp+mfsroot.flp) to find them?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have managed to install FreeBSD from = a dos=20 partition as per errata.txt I have put the directories in a = c:\releases=20 folder. I do not want to waste any more cds trying to get it=20 right!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the Handbook I found only the = directories=20 recommended for download and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>how I make the floppies to boot the = installation +=20 hints about the Walnut Creek CDs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm sure the answer is out there, but = I'm anxious=20 to get the FreeBSD up and running. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Thanks=20 and regards (I have downloaded the 3.1-Stable)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mikael Stromberg</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lulea/Sweden</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:mikael@larson-lind.se">mikael@larson-lind.se</A>=20 </FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01BE8668.280A7F90-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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