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Date:      Mon, 4 Nov 1996 23:20:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Barry Soben <bsoben@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Installation Problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961104231931.5689M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961104011303.00677350@fix.net>

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On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Barry Soben wrote:

> I tried to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 from CD and I got a bunch of error messages
> regarding how the program was unable to find certain files on the CD-ROM.  I
> got a really strange message going something to the effect of "I'm afraid
> .... you won't be able to boot.. "  I would have liked to have saved them
> somehow, but didn't see any way to do that.

What does the ALT-F2 debug screen report?

CDROMs shouldn't have problems getting the distributions unless you're
leaving bin out.

> Also, I gave up on installing the boot manager.  I have windows95 on my C
> drive.  I have a second h/d partitioned 400 megs DOS (D), 400 megs FreeBSD,
> and 200 megs extented Dos (E)..  I couldn't figure out how if/how/what I
> needed to do with my 'c' drive (since it boots first) to install booteasy.
> Installing and Running FreeBSD is not very descriptive in this area.

I hope my previous message helps you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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