Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:16:14 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: atgrim@thevine.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using /setup from the /tools dir Message-ID: <199706200616.IAA01967@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <33A96ABE.67D6@thevine.net> from VR at "Jun 19, 97 10:22:06 am"
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VR wrote:
> I started to use the setup program provided in the /TOOLS dir from the
> FTP site. When I ran the DOS option (to set up from a DOS partition)
> Windows no longer sees the file sizes in the dir I made for the /BIN
> files. I thought I hosed the files somehow and tried to download again.
> When I complete the download and do a refresh on the system, it still
> sees the files as zero K. What have I done?
I'm not quite sure whether I understand what happened. From your
description, it seems as though:
o You downloaded the bin distribution to some working directory.
o You ran setup, and all the files in your working directory
were truncated to zero-length.
o You tried to download all the files again, but (even before
you ran setup) the files were still all zero-length.
If you can go into a bit more detail (like what directory you are
downloading the files into), I'm sure we can get this sorted out.
There are actually a lot of different ways to install FreeBSD.
So, if setup isn't working for you, you could alternatively use a
different approach (like having the sysinstall program download
the files for you).
--
Robert Nordier
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