Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:52:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Tyler Ripley <cyberchip@mailcity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980311105102.15787S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <PFPEKKAABHGEAAAA@mailcity.com>
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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Tyler Ripley wrote: > I'm installing FreeBSD on a Windows '95 system. I've gotten to the end > of the installation questions, and I'm stuck at the actual installation. > I'm installing via FTP server, and I connected to my ISP, and when I > switched back to the other window (Alt-F1), and hit enter, it gave me at > least half a dozen errors. First it said, no swap file was found. Then > it couldn't find the /usr area, etc. I don't think it even downloaded > anything because the error messages came up right away. Now, I know I > have the partition info right, because I created a slice for FreeBSD, > but it didn't say anything about a swap file. Can you help me? Are you sure you: . specified a slice and partitions to install to? (fdisk/partition editors) . Distributions to load? . You used fips or PartitionMagic to split off some of your Windows space for use by FreeBSD? (delete the newly made partition) 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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