Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:15:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mike K." <flaq@synwork.com> To: Sridhar Krishnan <skrishna@cisco.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: [Problem] FreeBSD Install from DOS partition (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960623221526.8631A-100000@synwork.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.960623194438.6050B-100000@lint.cisco.com>
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Did you boot with the ATAPI.FLP?
On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Sridhar Krishnan wrote:
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> Friends of BSD,
>
> Since my IDE CD-ROM is not being recognized by 2.1, I started
> installation from the MS-DOS partition. I copied DISTS\BIN and
> DISTS\FLOPPIES into C:\FREEBSD directory. I started the install.bat. I am
> dedicating about 1 Gig of my second IDE drive to freebsd. It starts ate
> sector 0.
>
> In the final steps of Install, it gives the following message:
> Loading root image from ...
>
>
> Failed to load the ROOT distribution. Please correct the problem & try
> again.
>
> I could not find any refernce this problem in the Running FreeBSD book.
> Other questions:
> I tried different combinations of MBR (Booteasy, Standard and None).
> There is a confusing message when it prompts to choose MBR - it says
> "PC-DOS users NOT select one!". Should be "none" or option 1.
>
> Does Snap Shot 2.2 provide better support for IDE CD-ROMs ?
>
> Please help.
>
> Sridhar Krishnan
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