Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:42:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Stewart <mikest@inetport.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2 install problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910183932.15258E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709071705.MAA21418@admin.inetport.com>
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Mike Stewart wrote: > I am trying to install freebsd from the Walnut Creek CDROM. > The CDROM is the 2.2.2 July 1997 release. > I have an atapi CDROM, and when I look at the log file using > the ALT-F2 option, I see many errors like this: > /stand/cpio invalid header > warning skipped ____ bytes of junk > > Then when makedev runs, it has a error, missing files, etc. I've not seen this before. Are you sure you're installing from the CDROM and not from a DOS partition, say? > In the install book it mentions using the atapi.flp boot floppy > file, but it is not on the CDROM. I also looked at your web > site, and I dont see it there either. The book is out of date; atapi.flp hasn't existed since 2.1.5, released last year. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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