Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 10:00:01 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Satwant <satwant@lachman.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FREEBSD installation. Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980527095355.2597A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980526160152.4311B-100000@satwant.lachman.com>
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On Tue, 26 May 1998, Satwant wrote:
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> although, the installation menu comes up, and i can
> do disk partitioning, and set up diff filesystems
> /, /usr,/var, BUT WHEN it tries to load the bin, man
> directories etc., it wants to know where should it load
> from.. and i say .. cdrom. It comes back
> saying "cdrom not found".
>
> This happens even when the install program is itself running
> from cdrom.
>
> Also, when I boot in dos mode, I can't see h: as my cdrom any
> more, although I can see it in dos shell.
>
> So I think my OS cant see my cdrom, although w95 can.
Is your CDROM drive an IDE based one? Common suggestions include
shifting it on the primary-controller (ie the 1st one) and making sure
it's jumpered as a slave.
> Now I am trying the following:
>
> copying all of cdrom contents onto D: drive, so that I may
> ( I hope I can) later choose to load through DOS partition and be
> able to specify that drive. ( I have C+D drive on my HD1 and E on HD2-
> I plan to use E as my bsd disk)
>
> I dont know if it will work.
I've never really tried installing off a DOS partition before, but
perhaps others on the list may have and perhaps advise you.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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