Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:28:56 +0200 From: "Dr. Dieter Hartmann" <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de> To: Capriotti <capriotti@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AW: Install problems FBSD 2.2.5 / Walnut Creek CD-ROM Message-ID: <351E3078.C4667399@anat.uni-kiel.de> References: <3.0.32.19980328221830.00966100@pop.mpc.com.br>
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Hi, as you said, the pccard (=pcmcia) cdrom (Mitsumi quad speed by FREECOM) is of an unsupported type. Since the error occurs during the copying of the files from walnut creek cdrom to the dos partition, I "hope" that it should occur in the hand of other users as well who depend on the dos installation pathway dieter Capriotti wrote: > Hello, doctor. > > Actually, your question is far beyond what I know about freebsd, so I took > the liberty of FWDing your email to -questions, and I am also addressing > onother question: > > if you try to install FreeBSD using the CD-ROM, is there any error message > ? I couldn't quite understand what you meant by "cd conneceted by a PC > card" . Maybe it is a pcmcia card ? And maybe it is not supported, is it ? > > At 09:50 PM 3/27/98 +-100, you wrote: > >First of all, many thanks for your suggestions. > >My problem is that I am trying to install fbsd on a laptop, the lousy > (external) cdrom of which is connected by a pc card, for which there are > drivers only for dos and windows 3.x and '95. So, I have created 2 > partitions on the disk, the first one harbouring win 95, and have used the > setup utility on the walnut creek cdrom to copy the files for installation > to that partition. During this copy procedure , I have received the error > message that x32bin.tgz could not be found. The further installation > (creating boot disk and so on) went smoothly (comparable to my good > experience with 2 years of linux ;-) ), but in the end, I had a nice fbsd > working without x11 > >My question: Is something wrong with the cdrom (missing file or link) and > / or is there a workaround except buying 2.2.6 or another cdrom drive ? > >kind regards > >dieter > > > > > >---------- > >Von: Capriotti[SMTP:capriotti@geocities.com] > >Gesendet: Samstag, 28. März 1998 07:54 > >An: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Cc: dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de > >Betreff: Re: Install problems FBSD 2.2.5 / Walnut Creek CD-ROM > > > >Allow me to add some comments: > > > > > >First of all, Dietr, we need forther details on how you're trying to get > >your passport to Freedom (FReeBSD, hehehe) installed. > > > >Are you actually using a CD ? I'll assume that you are. So, let's go: > > > >At 01:41 PM 3/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > > > >According to what Peter said: > > > >>If you have the CD and your drive is > >>supported (most ATAPI(IDE) and SCSI ones are), then it's really easy to > >>install from the CD. You need the boot floppy or a computer that can boot > >>CDs. > > > >Newer computrs can boot from CD, but not all CDs are bootable. So that, > >there are a couple of ways you can boot from floppy (more usual): > > > >1) Using DOS or Win95 (not NT !!!) Format a floppy and include the > >operating system on it (let me know if you need details on this, ok ?) > > > >2) make sure this new disk will have necessary files to access your CD-ROM > >drive > > > >3) boot from floppy > > > >4) go to CD > > > >5) run install ! (voila !!!) > > > >or, if you prefere, you can create a FreeBSD bootable disk using the > >programs provided on the CD itself. You will find instructions there on how > >to do it. > > > >Not difficult at all ! What may be happening is a HW problem, but we/re not > >sure. > > > >You need to provide us with more detailed instructions. > > > >Did it help ? I hope so ! > > > >> > >>I hope this helps. > >> > >>On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Dr. Dieter Hartmann wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> during installation of fbsd 2.2.5 from a dos partition, the setuip > >>> program complains about a missing > >>> x32bin.tgz while copyiong files from the cdrom. accordingly, I could not > >>> install x window surface, whereas the command line stuff works just > >>> fine. > >>> What is the problem ?? > >>> Kind regards > >>> Dieter Hartmann > >>> <dhartma@ibm.net> > >>> <dhartma@anat.uni-kiel.de> > >>> > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >>> > >> > >>- Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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