Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:21:01 -7 From: "Jim McIver" <jmciver@lmtribune.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: install problem Message-ID: <3A8942D2.16873.1455EBBF@localhost>
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Sorry to bother you but I've been trying to install FreeBSD for three days and can't figure it out or find enough info. I have a cdrom diskette given to me by a friend(maybe an enemy), but no cd drive in the 486 pc I'm install on, so I copied the cdrom /bin directory over to another unix box and tried to ftp it into the install pc and it sayes Release infomation not correct. Tried setting it "any" and then it can't find what it needs in the bin.inf file or doc.inf for a minimum install. I have 137 files in the /bin on the unix ftp server from the cdrom copy and select minimum install and it just won't seem to go. Tried the internet ftp site install and it copies a very long time, then nothing and still doesn't install. I can't seem to find what I need to copy down from the internet to get an install to run. I'm new to FreeBSD and was hoping you could point me to a url that I could download just the /bin or minimum startup from to my other unix box as the cdrom that was given to me doesn't seem to have the right stuff, or I don't have the correct info in an .inf file. Maybe one file I could download and unzip into a directory on my other unix box so I can get it installed. Sorry if I'm rambling...but three days of this is starting to wear on me. My final goal is to set this up as a DNS server on the internet, but I can't even get the OS loaded....sounds like I'll have lots of fun. Regards, Jim McIver Systems Technician Lewiston Morning Tribune PO Box 957 505 C. Street Lewiston ID 83501 jmciver@lmtribune.com www.lmtribune.com 208-743-9411 Ext. 254 208-746-1185 fax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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