Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:25:37 -0400 From: "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com> To: "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." <me@jharris.com>, "Andrey Mavrichev" <mavrichev@yahoo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Installation - CD Message-ID: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKIENOCJAA.matt@researcher.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKLDJKLFFBFKELEAKMELKCHAA.me@jharris.com>
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I would also suggest getting the ISO image and using an appropriate utility to burn it. - Matt > > Your Link suggests you are using an ALPHA platform. > > If you are not then I would suggest that be the problem. > > You should be fine with a CD-writer. > ______________________________ > Jack J. Harris, Jr. > me@jharris.com > http://www.jharris.com/~jackh/ > PagerMail mailto:jackcell@jharris.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrey > Mavrichev > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 4:55 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installation - CD > > > Hi, > > I am trying to install a FreeBSD to my computer, but I do not have a > standard FreeBSD CD. However I have a CD-writer, so I downloaded all the > necessary distribution files from your FTP site > (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.0/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.2-RELEASE/) and then > copied them on the CD. I booted from floppies, and in the "options" menu > specified the installation from the CD-ROM. All went fine while it > installed the distribution files, but then it displayed the message that > it can't install kernel. > > My computer does not support booting from a CD-ROM, so in any case I > will have to boot from floppies. Can you tell me what configuration the > standard CD uses, and how that might be different from the one I used on > my CD (I had all distributions placed in the proper directory on the CD, > ex. D:\BIN\bin.aa, D:\BIN\bin.ab, etc...). I had the following > distributions on my CD in this manner: \bin, \dict, \doc, \manpages, > \ports, \proflibs, \src, \XF86336. > > Please inform me of a way to create a valid CD for installation using a > CD-writer, > > thank you for your help, > > Andrey Mavrichev. > > mavrichev@yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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