Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:03:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Scott Siegel <ssiegel@yesbank.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with FreeBSD Install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009100248.3036G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <E0xJJay-0000Rf-00@admin.cyberenet.net>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Scott Siegel wrote: > I hope someone can help me. I am trying to install FreeBSD (minimal > install) using the DOS partition method. I have a 486 with a 50MB Dos > partition 400MB for Unix partition. I have downloaded all of the files in > the bin directory from the FreeBSD ftp site to the Dos partition. OK. > Now here is the part I can't figure out. The installation guide says to > run the install.bat file to get the installation going. I cannot find this > file anywhere on the ftp site or in the bin directory. I also made a boot > disk and tried installing that way, but I don't think the installation is > finding where I placed the distribution files and it does not boot > correctly. You're reading the CDROM instructions. :-) You need to write the boot.flp image to a disk using rawrite or fdimage, then boot that disk. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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