Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:29:58 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <donaldjoneill@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Eileen Wasson <eileen_wasson@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: I386 Installation Message-ID: <200603140729.59056.donaldjoneill@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060314084705.27729.qmail@web53814.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060314084705.27729.qmail@web53814.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday 14 March 2006 02:47, Eileen Wasson wrote: > I'm a newbie to unix and freebsd. I'm trying to follow > your documentation and keep failing the install. I > have an HP COmpaq desktop dc5100 MT and it will NOT > detect my iso image for the i386. i did not see it in > your hardware list.htm. does that mean it's not > supported or do i need new drivers? if i put it in an > older ibm, the cd works. i also tried using your > floppy method and that failed as well. it said no > boot/loader. this box has xp loaded it already. > > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > ~Eileen > > __________________________________________________ You need to burn that iso to a cd, then you can boot from it and it'll go into install. It looks like your computer came with an 80GB hard drive. Do you have only 1 hard drive, or do you have 2? If only 1, are you planning on over-writing what's presently installed? Which iso image do you have? Don
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