From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 25 11: 5:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8553614CE6 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 11:05:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01324; Tue, 25 May 1999 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Carlos M. Buj Ribas" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBsd In-Reply-To: <3748153E.89591C00@steinweb.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 23 May 1999, Carlos M. Buj Ribas wrote: > I want to install Free Bsd. The problem is that the cdrom drive is not > accepted by the installation Program. What I am trying now is to > install it from a dos partition so that I have copied into a directory > called d:\freebsd\bin the files from the cd rom (e:\bin). The problem > is that now the install program tells me there isn't any primary dos > partition. > > I want to install it on the secondary master HD. In the primary master > I have > > the Windows98 partition as well as the Caldere 1.3 Linux partition. You should place the install fileson the Windows 98 partition then point the installer at it. In FreeBSD 3.1, there isa bug in the DOS install. You have o place the files in a special directory. Check the 3.1 ERRATA at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.1R/errata.html for details. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message