Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:44:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: roncomer@dial.pipex.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708014325.22542T-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19980705212547.007b8510@pop.dial.pipex.com>
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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 roncomer@dial.pipex.com wrote: > Hi, > > A while ago I purchased the Walnut Creek 4 CD set of FreeBSD rel 2.2.5. I > am now trying to install this on a 486 with 20Mb RAM and a 1Gb HDD. > > I have formatted the HDD and then loaded MS-DOS 6.22. I have created a BSD > boot floppy and an trying to install from that. > > At the end of every installation attempt, when I boot the PC, I get the > following messages: > > "Can't find file boot.config" > "Can't find file boot.help" > and > "Can't find kernel" > > I have deliberately kept this email short - rather than bombard you with > details of every key I pressed during the install, I'm hoping that the 3 > error messages above will suggest something, as they seem pretty > fundamental errors! It implies that your installation failed at some point. Check the ALT-F2 debug console for error messages during the installation. You should not get the above from the boot floppy -- if you do, you may have mis-imaged it and need to re-image the floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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