From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 19:40:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA11101 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:40:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.tm.net.my (janeway.tm.net.my [202.188.0.155]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA11094 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:40:36 -0800 (PST) From: sweeting@tm.net.my Received: from [111.111.111.110] ([202.184.153.105]) by mail.tm.net.my (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA26567 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:40:04 +0800 (SGT) X-Sender: sweeting@mail.tm.net.my Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:45:02 +0800 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: eureka ..... now are there any PDF docs ? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk just got freebsd to finally install :) i found that using expert mode worked fine but novice mode produced the errors. that is the only change i made and it worked. > >> I am having problems installing FreeBSD 2.1.6 on a 486/sx33 compaq aero. >> Since it uses external PCMCIA floppy drive, i have created a DOS partition >> and have the entire /freebsd/bin installation directory there. >> Everything seems to go ok with the Novice installation until i get the >> following error : >> >> "can't find kernel image to link to on the root file system. you're going to >> have a hard time getting the sustemt to boot from the HD, i'm afraid" > >Somehow all of bin didn't make it. Try reinstalling, and make sure you >get all the bin files. also make sure you use binary mode and that they >area ll the same size except the last one. while i am at it, are there any PDF versions of the manuals or docs ? printing out the docs as they stand at moment, even the FAQ, means printing each small topic/question which is many many pages. cheers, chas