Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:09:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Greg Rapp <gregrapp@worldnet.att.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: trouble installing Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961114220848.28188g-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19961114210108.AAA14962@gregrapp>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Greg Rapp wrote: > Hi! I am trying to install FreeBSD v2.1 from one of those Walnut Creek > cdroms. Wait a month or so until 2.1.6 comes out, then buy that. > Well, I do a clean bootup (only loading my cdrom driver) and run > the inst_ide.bat and it does some stuff for about 5 secs, then a bunch of > text scrolls across the screen too fast for me to read, then the screen > goes blank, almost like it tried to reboot, but didn't make it. I also > tried a boot disk, but I got the same result. I would be eternally greatful > if you could help. Thanks!!! copy floppies/boot.flp and tools/rawrite.exe to the same place and run rawrite. make sure you have a formatted floppy before you start. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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