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Date:      Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:27:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.5 floppy install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980208222650.24904a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980205152614.0079c590@istar.ca>

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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Dru wrote:

> Am attempting a floppy install and have read and reread all the
> documentation available at Freebsd.org. Am running Windows 95 on a 486DX
> with a 815Mb IDE drive. Have successfully created  the boot image file and
> copied all the /bin to floppies I formatted myself.
> 
> Setup runs successfully as follows: default kernel loads (after I resolve
> all possible conflicts), I am able to partition my disc, load the boot
> manager, and label my partitions. Please see attached file for debugging
> details (which I have set to high in Options.)
> 
> After choosing Minimum Install and Floppy Distribution, setup creates
> holographic shell and prompts for the 1st floppy. Once floppy inserted and
> press Enter, it returns me to the Choose Distributions menu.  Again, please
> see attached file for debugging details.

Attached files look OK.  Verify that the file `bin.inf' is in the bin\
directory on the first disk (along with the bin.* files you can fit).

> Debugging shows floppy successfully mounted; also several screens of
> directories created. However, several commands are returning statuses of 0.

0 == success

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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