Date: 08 Feb 1996 11:36:11 GMT From: "BEN IVES" <BIVES@EMAIL.USPS.GOV> To: jgurkin@fastlane.net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Installation Problems Message-ID: <RANC006L.BIVES.793636110096039FRANC006L@USPS.GOV>
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From: BEN F IVES at FWTX001L
Date: 2/7/96 5:52AM
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Subject: Installation Problems
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Subject: Installation Problems
Author: BEN F IVES at FWTX001L
Date: 2/7/96 5:52 AM
I am trying to load FreeBSD from a DOS partition.
I copied the dists and floppie directories to the DOS partition, in a
directory called freebsd. The partition I am trying to load to is 270
meg. The hard drive is IDE.
I have tried numerous times but always get an error that reads:
Failed to load the ROOT distribution. Please correct this problem and
try again.
I also tried loading from a boot floppy, but it hangs up. I have an
IDE cdrom.
Any ideas?
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