From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 16:08:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA19639 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:08:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (brosenga.st.pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA19634 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:08:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA03943; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:08:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:08:22 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: benedict@echonyc.com To: hires.2@osu.edu cc: questions@freebsd.org, hires.2@osu.edu Subject: Re: Missing file "atapi.flp" In-Reply-To: <32978142.1A96@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Will Hires wrote: > I have the Walnut Creek 2-CD set with FreeBSD ver. 2.1.5 and the > file atapi.flp is not on the CD. The accompanying book indicates > that it should be found in the floppies/ directory on the CDROM. > It isn't there. It isn't necessary for 2.1.5 and above. Use the generic boot.flp. > Also, the CD labeled "1" does not contain the files to boot the > binaries for the FreeBSD system. After several tries, the system > just "hangs" without completing the installation. This is due to some other factor. What method are you using to install? What is your hardware like? > Can I get new disks and a new book? Thanks. For that you would want to talk to Walnut Creek. This is a volunteer tech-support mailing list. > Will Hires > hires.2@osu.edu > Ben