From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 21 12:47:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA21171 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.45]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA21159 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA00357; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:47:15 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:47:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: JAMIE cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help on installation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, JAMIE wrote: > Sorry to bother you, but I keep getting stuck at the same spot on the > installation. I've tried dozens of times over the past week with several > boot and root disks trying to do a floppy install and I keep getting hung > when I try to load the root floppy. Also, though I'm not sure if it is > supposed to boot without the root floppy installed, but if I try to boot > straight from my hard drive instead of using the boot floppy I get the > same prompt as with the boot floppy but instead of going to the install > menu the opening message and prompt just keep repeating. Are you using known error-free floppies? Are you ftping with BINARY? Are you writing the floppy images under MS-DOS mode of Windows 95? What version of FreeBSD are you installing? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major