From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 31 04:46:27 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA27122 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:46:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from penn.com (root@penn.com [205.146.6.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA27106 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:46:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from none.Compuserve.com (mport26.penn.com [208.0.122.105]) by penn.com (8.7.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA14816 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 07:45:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32C89BC9.4953@penn.com> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 23:51:21 -0500 From: Jean-Paul Nuytten X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation Problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I just acquired FreeBSD from Walnut Creek CDROM along with the book "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehley. I have 2 EIDE hard drives; 1.2 GB (C:) which contains Windows 95 and 2.6 GB (FreeBSD partition, D:, E:). The FreeBSD partition is within the first 1024 cylinders, D: is a primary DOS partition which starts after the FreeBSD partition and E: is an extented DOS partition. To make matters worse, I have a Promise 2300 EIDE controller. I am trying to install using a DOS partition and have a directory on D: called FREEBSD with the distribution directories under it. After making a FreeBSD bootable diskette and booting the FreeBSD installation procedure (using the Novice installation option) I am have problems loading the distribution. I seem to be reading the distribution from the DOS partition OK, but I am getting write errors. Secondly, I have an IDE 8X CDROM (it came with the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 32PNP). The book says that I should make a boot floppy using the atapi.flp loader but I can't find that file on my distribution CDROM. Where can I get this file so that I can install from CDROM directly. Thanks in advance for your prompt attention to my questions. Regards, J-P -- Jean-Paul Nuytten Email: jnuytten@penn.com RD #3, Box 359A Voice: 814-641-0198 Huntingdon, PA USA 16652 FAX: 814-641-0199