From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 26 15:14:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA00898 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 15:14:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (root@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA00879 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 15:13:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from grfpc1 (monty-port1.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.11]) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA25345 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:13:18 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <32EBF330.3333@shoal.net.au> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:13:36 +1000 From: Andrew Perry X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions freebsd Subject: Re: Installation References: <19970126204913250.AAA244@serg.stic.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk If you're just doing bin then make sure that your files are on the floppies in a dir called bin (in order too: aa, ab, ac etc...). Also make sure bin.inf is on the first disk in the bin dir. If you want to do any others (eg: manpages) then put manpages.inf in a dir manpages on the last bin diskette. I've never tried installing from a dos partition so am unable to give you any help there. Hope this helps Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au Sergio Martinez wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > my question has to do with installation. I have tried to install Freebsd > from both a DOS partition and from floppy. In either case I was > unsuccessful. I get a message at the end saying the following distribution > (bin..doing a minimal install) is not on the media you have selected. I > downloaded the bin distribution from your ftp site. I followed the > instructions for doing an install from a dos partition or from a floppy but > I get the same error. Is there a particular way I need to set up the > distribution on my DOS partition to get the install program to recognize > it? I would appreciate any and all help in this matter. Thank you. > > Sergio Martinez > serg@stic.net