Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:28:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "K.C. Komosky" <kc@mb.sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems in installing from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920002632.1049I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <32404D64.6F39@mb.sympatico.ca>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, K.C. Komosky wrote: > I hope that this is the appropriate forum for this, and that the readers > of this group can help me out. > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 on my home PC. Since my CD-ROM is an > Atapi-IDE type, I decided against ordering the CD and started downloading > from the ftp.freebsd.org site onto my DOS partition. I intend FreeBSD to > be in a second partition right after the initial DOS one. > > Everything seems to go along fine, but I get an error message: > > Unable to transfer the bin distribution from wd0s1 Take a look on the ALT-F2 screen and see if you can pick out the exact error. That would be most helpful. Oh, and try deleting the FreeBSD slice and trying again from scratch. > My computer particulars (those that I know) > > Pentium 75 MHz, TS54P AIO Motherboard (Intel Triton chipset), 16 megs > RAM, Fujitsu M1606TA ATA interface hard drive (1089MB) > > I have a pre-existing 447MB Primary MS-DOS 6.22 partition (altered to > that size by fips.exe utility from freebsd site), and am trying to > install on a 248 FreeBSD partition. The rest of the disk is empty, > reserved for an eventual installation of Windows NT Workstation > (unfortunately held up in shipping, now 31 days and counting... :-( ). I > also installed the boot manager that came with FreeBSD. I have a feeling after you get FreeBSD up you will want to cancel that NT order. :-) 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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