From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Feb 9 17:13:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF2437B401 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:13:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow058o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD20143F93 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:13:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([62.31.198.203]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:13:29 +0000 From: John Murphy To: Joe Springer Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install from DOS partition: this newbie is totally confused Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:13:29 +0000 Organization: poor Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Message-ID: References: <20030210000702.20209.qmail@web12301.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030210000702.20209.qmail@web12301.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Install FreeBSD 5 from DOS partition: Newbie totally >confused. I'm not surprised. 5.0 release is 'Alpha ware' and installing from a DOS partition is perhaps the trickiest way, however: >I am attempting to install FreeBSD 5 from DOS >partition, but I am stymied. Here's where I am so far: > >1. Created kern floppy: kern.flp using fdimage >2. Created mfsroot floppy : mfsroot.flp using fdimage >3. Copied entire CD (disk1) to DOS partition, to >C:\freebsd > >The machine I want to install on has no CD-ROM drive. > >So this is what I do: > >1. Insert kern floppy in A: and power on. >Looks good, get the same kind of output as in the >FreeBSD handbook, after a few minutes I get the >message to put in the MFS root floppy. So I do. > >2. Insert mfsroot floppy and press enter.=20 >Things continue happily for a few moments, I get the >message > "Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key >for command prompt.=20 > Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... " >OK, so PC reboots with mfsboot floppy in it. It certainly shouldn't re-boot at this stage. Is this 'known good' hardware? >3. Upon reboot, I see the following:=20 > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: As you would if you simply booted the 2nd. disk. >Now what to I do? Describe the hardware you're using and ask on FreeBSD-questions. Or try 4.7 release first. >I though I was supposed to get the Kernel >Configuration Menu.=20 You would have done usually. But the generic kernel on the kern.flp disc is not able to survive your hardware. You could try re-writing it. >How do I get the menu?=20 >I assume I want to get to the menu by accessing the CD >files I copied to C:. But how? You'll see ;) >Also, I made a drivers floppy (drivers.flp) which the >drivers.txt says contains msdosfs which I assume I >will need to use to access the current C:, but how do >I do this? You may be at the leading edge here, but I expect others have installed 5.0 this way. I'll try it myself if you get nowhere. It's worth the trouble. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message