From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 7:57: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73DD637B401 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1b-13.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.161.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B417643FBD for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:57:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) by pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h1PFv2rX010455; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:57:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3E5B924E.9060500@potentialtech.com> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:57:02 -0500 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20021127 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Dupras Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Dupras wrote: > i am trying to install freebsd > so i downloaded the disk1 i386 5.0 version and i cant install with the > cd because it goes through the whole process and then says its rebooting. > and when i use the floppie method it cant see the cd in the rom and it > cant use a ftp connection?? and it cant install from ms dos partition if > you could help me please e-mail me If you're new to FreeBSD, you should use 4.7, not 5.0. 5.0 is still in the development process and is not suitable for all users. If you still have trouble with the installation of 4.7, please post details of your hardware to the list. Otherwise, we can't really advise you on hardware related problems. Also, we'll need more information on why the FTP and DOS installations are failing. Error messages? Timeouts? Are you using DHCP? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message