From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 25 7: 1:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from admin.cgocable.net (admin.cgocable.net [24.226.1.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB11537B4C5 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:01:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from Fuzzy (d141-152-103.home.cgocable.net [24.141.152.103]) by admin.cgocable.net (8.10.0/8.9.3) with SMTP id eAPF2AP21117 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:02:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000d01c05709$de797d80$67988d18@Fuzzy.kico1.on.home.com> From: "Dave Lessard" To: Subject: Dense Newbie Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:02:24 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000A_01C056C6.CF5150A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C056C6.CF5150A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C056C6.CF5150A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello, My mane is Dave :
  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.....
 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 ).
  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...
 my questions are
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 ???
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 = ???
3) Is there something so simple that I missed that = could make=20 my life easier ???
          &nbs= p;          =20 Thank you for your time...
          &nbs= p;            = ;           =20 Dave
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