From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:45:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00966 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:21:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06867 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:34:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA22471; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:27:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Brady K. Adams" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install from floppies In-Reply-To: <199801082209.OAA09477@mailsun2.us.oracle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On 8 Jan 1998, Brady K. Adams wrote: > I did try you suggestion, however, the installer is still not working. I > also > noticed that the installation process does not even try to access the disk > drive. Any other suggestions? Hm, I guess we need to back up a step here. 1. What was the original error message or problem? 2. Did you look at the ALT-F2 debug console immediately after receiving the error? What did it say? 3. Have you tried other installation methods, such as by CDROM, FTP, or NFS? Floppy installs take a long time and are prone to errors (since they depend on error-prone media). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major