Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:18:31 +0100 From: "Dr. Dieter Hartmann" <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de> To: tony cappellini <newshirt@best.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD 2.25 install problems Message-ID: <351BD156.19707CA5@anat.uni-kiel.de> References: <199803260717.XAA07694@proxy4.ba.best.com>
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Hi, I have experienced the same problems concerning the missing x32bin.tgz during a dos installation from a walnut creek cdrom (2.2.5). Are there any ideas as yet (broken links or whatsoever) ? Regards Dieter tony cappellini wrote: > Hi > > I'm using a Adaptec 2940UW, and 2 Seagate 2.1GB SCSI drives, Pentium 100, > 64MB ram. > > (booting from the Cdrom is enabled in the 2940 bios) > > When I try booting 2.25 from my SCSI CDRom iI get the following messages > > "A bootable CDrom is detected in your CDrom drive" > > "The boot sections on your bootable CDrom are :0. Default Entry" > > "Your cdrom drive is inserted as Drive A: (0h). The original drive A" has > become drive b:" > > Then the system sits there indefinitely. > > So I tried booting to dos, then running install forn the Cdrom. This works > well, until I get tot the "Select Distribution Medium" section of Lehey's > book "The Complete Free BSD" (2nd edition), then when I select CDRom, it > tells me no Cdroms were found. > > Then I tried copying the CDrom to a dos partition, using the setup.exe > program (which was described in the sysinstall documentation), and after a > few seconds of CDrom and HD activity, an error message is displayed > "x32bin.tgz" is missing, and the copying aborts. > > How could they have left a file off of the install cdrom ??? > > Not to mention that the Walnut Creek tech support line has been busy all day. > I'm guessing I'm not the only one calling in with install problems :) > > BTW, The CDRom works fine under W95, so I know the host adapter/ cdrom > combo is working. > > Any suggestions ? > > thanks > > Tony > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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