Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:33:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Sam Musallam <s.musallam@utoronto.ca> Cc: berkely sd <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960211223217.215J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <ECS9602110124A@utoronto.ca>
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On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Sam Musallam wrote: > Dear FreeBSD > I am new to the BSD and to UNIX and am having problems with installing > BSD 4.4! This is FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, not BSD 4.4. It is *derived* from 4.4 Lite. > 1) It keeps telling me it can't find the root file (even though I've included the > floppies directory). I'm installing from a DOS partition. > 2) I am installing it on a 1GIG drive. Is it possible that BSD leaves my DOS > partition intact while it is intalling. (Everytime it fails, I have to go back and > reformat my drive). Did you split your drive using fips? If so, you shouldn't use the dos install; try floppies or FTP instead. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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