Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:02:24 -0800 From: "Dave Lessard" <fuzzy@kos.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Dense Newbie Message-ID: <000d01c05709$de797d80$67988d18@Fuzzy.kico1.on.home.com>
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Hello, My mane is Dave :
I have been triing to get an older 486 running under fBSD for a while =
now. Due to being on the wave ( Cable TV connection to the internet ), I =
am unable to access the FTP sites. Nor am I able to get a CDrom ( SB16 =
{CT2740} with a single speed Creative reader {CR-563-B}) recoginized =
during a Boot. On this I am attempting to install on 2 HD's a 525 & 406 =
Megs. I do know that the NET Card works ( NE200 comp add#0x300 IRQ 10 ), =
but have no other machine in my home experimantal network ( Pentium =
win'98 and a 486/2 win'95 ) set up to to run as a server. Thus far I =
have attempted to try to FTP from the other two machines useing various =
freewar ( Getto FTP, War FTP, Imaginary FTP,.... and a few others ) with =
know success.... I Started out with downloaded floppies 3.4 release from =
your site, and gave up on that due to problems on my end... Broke down =
and bought the 4.0 ( march 2000) release, only to find I couldn't get a =
CDreader to work ( I was hoping to get a NEC scsi XT-1002 and a NEC 4X =
reader working ), so I have swapped every peice of hard ware I can =
think of.....
My last attempt was a disaster, and I have learned, ( unintentionally, =
) That it is impossible to load 4.0 files with 3.4 boot disks. My =
problem is this, Version 3.4 will detect and configure BOTH HD's where =
4.0 seems to recognize only the first ( My case a 525 Meg ). This =
creates problems for me attempting to do a DOS install, because I am not =
longer able to get DOS6.22 to run on this drive.... and If I do some =
swapping to get a 125Mg hd and move the 525 Mg HD into the slave spot, =
4.0 only recognizes the 125, and there is not enough room on that drive =
to do anything with ( Yes I did delete the Fat section on the 525 about =
100 times now, during previos attempts of getting fBSD on to it ).=20
The way I see it is this ( And I Hope I Am WRONG ), is that I need to =
get a version of 3.4, or keep attempting to get at least the 4.0 /bin =
files onto the 525 via a floppy install ( Even the 4.0 book I bought =
doesn't recomend that ), the last and most obvious option is out due to =
finances, getting an older 1 gig HD ( around here, in Kingston, Ont.... =
The older the stuff, the pricier it gets.... The sigle speed CDrom and =
sound card costed $50, reason.... { Get this } Supply & Demand ). I am =
just not in a position right now to drop a couple of hundered dollars on =
a real HD right now ( 30 Gig ), nor have I the time to swap drives =
throughout my systems to get the 4.2 Gig free for this BSDbox...
my questions are
1) Is there a place in your site that I may download the files I would =
need for version 3.4 that I can do under windows, and transfer to =
floppies ???
2) Is there a way to recoup the 525, so that I may partition a 125Meg =
slice for dos, and do a DOS install of 4.0 that way ???
3) Is there something so simple that I missed that could make my life =
easier ???
Thank you for your time...
Dave
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello, My mane is Dave :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> I have been triing to get an older 486 =
running under=20
fBSD for a while now. Due to being on the wave ( Cable TV connection to =
the=20
internet ), I am unable to access the FTP sites. Nor am I able to get a =
CDrom (=20
SB16 {CT2740} with a single speed Creative reader {CR-563-B}) =
recoginized during=20
a Boot. On this I am attempting to install on 2 HD's a 525 & 406 =
Megs. I do=20
know that the NET Card works ( NE200 comp add#0x300 IRQ 10 ), but have =
no other=20
machine in my home experimantal network ( Pentium win'98 and a 486/2 =
win'95 )=20
set up to to run as a server. Thus far I have attempted to try to FTP =
from the=20
other two machines useing various freewar ( Getto FTP, War FTP, =
Imaginary=20
FTP,.... and a few others ) with know success.... I Started out with =
downloaded=20
floppies 3.4 release from your site, and gave up on that due to problems =
on my=20
end... Broke down and bought the 4.0 ( march 2000) release, only to find =
I=20
couldn't get a CDreader to work ( I was hoping to get a NEC scsi XT-1002 =
and a=20
NEC 4X reader working ), so I have swapped every peice of hard =
ware I can=20
think of.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> My last attempt was a disaster, and I have =
learned, (=20
unintentionally, ) That it is impossible to load 4.0 files with 3.4 boot =
disks.=20
My problem is this, Version 3.4 will detect and configure BOTH HD's =
where 4.0=20
seems to recognize only the first ( My case a 525 Meg ). This creates =
problems=20
for me attempting to do a DOS install, because I am not longer able to =
get=20
DOS6.22 to run on this drive.... and If I do some swapping to get a =
125Mg hd and=20
move the 525 Mg HD into the slave spot, 4.0 only recognizes the 125, and =
there=20
is not enough room on that drive to do anything with ( Yes I did delete =
the Fat=20
section on the 525 about 100 times now, during previos attempts of =
getting fBSD=20
on to it ). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> The way I see it is this ( And I Hope I Am =
WRONG ), is=20
that I need to get a version of 3.4, or keep attempting to get at least =
the=20
4.0 /bin files onto the 525 via a floppy install ( Even the 4.0 =
book I=20
bought doesn't recomend that ), the last and most obvious option is out =
due to=20
finances, getting an older 1 gig HD ( around here, in Kingston, Ont.... =
The=20
older the stuff, the pricier it gets.... The sigle speed CDrom and sound =
card=20
costed $50, reason.... { Get this } Supply & Demand ). I am just not =
in a=20
position right now to drop a couple of hundered dollars on a real HD =
right now (=20
30 Gig ), nor have I the time to swap drives throughout my systems to =
get the=20
4.2 Gig free for this BSDbox...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> my questions are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1) Is there a place in your site that I may download =
the files=20
I would need for version 3.4 that I can do under windows, and transfer =
to=20
floppies ???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2) Is there a way to recoup the 525, so that I may =
partition a=20
125Meg slice for dos, and do a DOS install of 4.0 that way =
???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3) Is there something so simple that I missed that =
could make=20
my life easier ???</FONT></DIV>
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