Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:31:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: We are the knights who say Ni! <agifford@mastnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960923202945.2093J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609230710.CAA22497@mds1.mastnet.net>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, We are the knights who say Ni! wrote: > I first tried to install the software from floppy disks by > downloading all the bin files via FTP, where I had made all the floppies > (15, including the boot floppy) and put the files on them in the right > order... and it didn't work. That's not unusual, unfortunately the floppy install instructions are less than accurate. > When I restarted my computer, I formatted the 600MB DOS partition with a > startup disk. To what type of partition? FreeBSD won't find it if you made it an extended partition. > Now, I can boot DOS, or uncomplete BSD from the HD. I have all the Bin > files on my DOS partition, in C:\FREEBSD\BIN, and that's all. I > selected the Minimal installation stuff, and made sure that BIN was the > only dist. set selected. When I try to install, the install program > tells me that the files for bin could not be found on the media type > selected. Did you select the proper disk and partition? 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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