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Date:      Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:09:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Greg Rapp <gregrapp@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: trouble installing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961114220848.28188g-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19961114210108.AAA14962@gregrapp>

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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Greg Rapp wrote:

> Hi! I am trying to install FreeBSD v2.1 from one of those Walnut Creek
> cdroms. 

Wait a month or so until 2.1.6 comes out, then buy that.  

> Well, I do a clean bootup (only loading my cdrom driver) and run
> the inst_ide.bat and it does some stuff for about 5 secs, then a bunch of
> text scrolls across the screen too fast for me to read, then the screen
> goes blank, almost like it tried to reboot, but didn't make it. I also
> tried a boot disk, but I got the same result. I would be eternally greatful
> if you could help. Thanks!!!

copy floppies/boot.flp and tools/rawrite.exe to the same place and run
rawrite.  make sure  you have a formatted floppy before you start.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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