Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 02:10:29 -0500 From: agifford@mastnet.net (We are the knights who say "Ni!") To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD installation from DOS partition Message-ID: <199609230710.CAA22497@mds1.mastnet.net>
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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. When I restarted my computer, I formatted the 600MB DOS partition with a startup disk. 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. I made sure over and over that I was selecting my install media to be DOS partition. I used novice, express, and custom install; I felt like I knew exactly what I was doing, I wasn't confused, but it just keeps telling me that on my media, the bin files cannot be found. I have double checked to make sure all the files are there, in the C:\FREEBSD\BIN directory. I hope you can help me figure this out. Thanks, Alan Gifford
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