Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:34:09 -0400 From: Dave Rideout <drideout@quansoo.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Andrews FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <380338D1.690783E7@quansoo.com>
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Andrew: What you need to do is the following: 1) Prepare two blank formatted diskettes. 2) go to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.3-STABLE/floppies/ and download kern.flp and mfsroot.flp 3) Download rawrite from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.3-STABLE/tools/ and use this utility from a dos session to make the two diskettes, or for a unix prompt type in dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0a (the device name of your floppy drive, may be different depending on the flavour of unix you are running). 4) Boot up with the kern.flp and then it will ask for the mfsroot.flp. Then a setup menu will come up and you need to partition you hd, select the mount points, allthough freebsd can do that automatically for you, by selecting "A" I believe. Then you need to select whether or not you need a boot manager. 5) Select your distribution media, which I recommend all and also the ports collection. You will need the ports to install Apache 1.3.9. 6) Select the ftp site and then you want to committ to the install. It will ask you if you are sure, select yes and then cross your fingers. Hopefully this helps. Sincerely, Dave Rideout I am now out of breath :) Andrew Falanga wrote: > Your handbook on-line is quite informative; however it lists the > necessity of having kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. Where can I get these > files? I was all over the ftp site. I don't know where to go. > > The whole reason that I'm looking at this is. Where I work now, we > are looking at deploying a web server soon to host corporate web > pages. I've used BSD before. Actually, the commercially chargable > version, but I really liked it. And if FreeBSD is anything like > that. It's really worth it. Also, is FreeBSD, or any release of BSD, > compatible to the program Cold Fusion? > > Andrew Falanga To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with > "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- David Rideout Network/Systems Administrator Quansoo Group, Inc. -- David Rideout Network/Systems Administrator Quansoo Group, Inc. Voice: (302) 777-4141 Fax: (302) 777-4142 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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