Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 05:12:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jarl McConnel <jmcconnel@optusnet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910110510000.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <000901bf13dc$7bbed4e0$0200a8c0@callum>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Jarl McConnel wrote: > Hello. > I was trying to install FreeBSD on my computer. It is to be > installed on a 4.3gb Quantum hdd, celeron 400, 64mb PC100 sdram, > Gigabyte GA-660 TNT2, Soundblaster 16, Realtek Ethernet Controller, > Rockwell Modem Chip(don;t know exactly which one). > > I create the boot floppies with fdimage.exe like said, boot off > the kern.flp boot disk, insert the mfsroot.flp and it displays a > messege which reads somethinng like: > > cannot load /mfsroot input/output error > > then goes on to load the kernel, but I cannot install (or am doing > something wrong) > > I have almost no experience with Unix before, and so I dont know > if it is me or something else. It seems that your floppy may have bad sectors, have you tried formatting it in MS-DOS and making sure that it has no bad sectors? > Sorry if this is the wrong email address to mail tech support > questions to, but on the contacting page, it said for questions > about FreeBSD email this address. You got the right place. :) In the future though, please make your email program wrap lines at 70 characters. thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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