Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:16:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: PPLSInc1 <PPLSInc1@aol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310101503.14397O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <995a192.3504ba1a@aol.com>
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, PPLSInc1 wrote: > I'm an experienced linux user, and I've been able to solve most problems I've > run across while using slackware and redhat, but freebsd has me stumped. I've > got an older mitsumi drive, so I'm trying to install freebsd from a dos > partition. I used xcopy32 d: c:\freebsd /s to copy the entire cd to the > HDD, and then ran the install.bat to boot. Ouch! You copied the packages directory too? You have way too much spare diskspace! :) > Then I fiddled with the kernel config until I had no conflicts, even > though that meant I couldn't use my ps/2 mouse because of console > commander or whatever that thing is under input (I disabled it and > enabled my ps2 mouse, and the machine froze and just clicked for 3 > hours!!!). Leave the conflict, it's correct. > Then I went through novice installation, discovering too > late that a freebsd type 165 partition couldn't be very much more than > 500MB's although I'd prefer a 100% freebsd box, What? FreeBSD has no filesystem size limits. > and had to format, re-install DOS, and make the attempt again, using > fips to restrict my freebsd parition to 498.4MB. When I setup my /usr, > /var, and / partitions, everything was fine, and when I selected my > installation media as a dos paritition everything was fine...but when I > tried to install the packages, it couldn't find anything and complained > about packages/INDEX, which I couldn't find anywhere on the CD. What's > up? Use pkg_add once you get installed; the installer assumes you have the CD. Plus, putting the files on a DOS partition munges the long filenames. > BTW, my cd is from UNIX Unleashed, Sysadmin's Edition from Sams Publishing...I > planned to try freebsd and if I liked it, drop slackware and buy a real > freebsd cd. Let me tell you, buying the CD is one of the best things you'll do for yourself. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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