From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 12 14:34:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from online.dct.com (online.dct.com [204.29.185.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8008837B424 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:34:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from choitz (pm305-01.gbonline.com [207.67.75.193]) by online.dct.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA26741 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:33:59 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002801c01cfd$e27b2a00$c14b43cf@gbonline.com> Reply-To: "Choitz Ltd." From: "Choitz Ltd." To: Subject: Installation problem Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:09:58 -0500 Organization: Choitz Ltd. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0025_01C01CD3.E5F834E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C01CD3.E5F834E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good day, I have recently purchased a package of FreeBSD CD's with documentation = and extras and have attempted to install according to the directions. I = have run into a few problems I thought you may be able to assist with. After configuring the hard drive's second partition (Western Digital 10G = EIDE using 2700MB for the BSD partition) and resuming the install, a = message come up telling me that it could not copy the corresponding = files to the location specified. At this point I could no longer do = anything except to boot up using the CD #2. I am not sure if this is = due to the ATAPI CD drive or misconfiguration of the hard drive. THE = CD-ROM drive was purchased new in February but contains no = documentation, part numbers etc. I have just reformatted the hard drive once again and would like to try = installing in same position. Any assistance would be helpful. Thank you Scott A. Choitz President Choitz Ltd Virtual Technologies ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C01CD3.E5F834E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good day,
 
I have recently purchased a package of = FreeBSD CD's=20 with documentation and extras and have attempted to install according to = the=20 directions.  I have run into a few problems I thought you may be = able to=20 assist with.
After configuring the hard drive's = second partition=20 (Western Digital 10G EIDE using 2700MB for the BSD partition) and = resuming the=20 install, a message come up telling me that it could not copy the = corresponding=20 files to the location specified.  At this point I could no longer = do=20 anything except to boot up using the CD #2.  I am not sure if this = is due=20 to the ATAPI CD drive or misconfiguration of the hard drive.  THE = CD-ROM=20 drive was purchased new in February but contains no documentation, part = numbers=20 etc.
 
I have just reformatted the hard drive = once again=20 and would like to try installing in same position.  Any assistance = would be=20 helpful.
 
Thank you
 
Scott A. Choitz
President
Choitz=20 Ltd
Virtual Technologies
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