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Date:      Fri, 3 Apr 1998 17:32:49 +0900
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        scott@admin.x-mail.net, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: installing bsd 2.5
Message-ID:  <19980403173249.27105@papillon.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <9804030714.AA00311@admin.x-mail.net>; from Scott Randall on Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 11:14:23PM -0800
References:  <9804030714.AA00311@admin.x-mail.net>

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On Thu,  2 April 1998 at 23:14:23 -0800, Scott Randall wrote:
> I am having problems installing the O.S.
> either by floppy (created install disks from FTP site)
> or by bootable CD-ROM
> or by ethernet (ftp)
>
> The problem seems to be creating a fixed driver list. When you install
> you de-select the drivers you don't need and then once finished you
> press Q and say either yes or no or cancel....

Well, in fact, when I install I ignore the list of probes unless there
is something that I need which is incorrectly configured.

> - if I say Yes I get a white square in the top left corner of the
> screen
> - if I say No, the process keeps booting off the cdrom and I then
> install all the packages

I don't really understand what you mean by that.

> 	reboot and it can not configure itself because it tries to load
> all the drivers.

This is definitely a misassumption.

> How can I get the configuration file to write to the hard Drive ?

You need to explain in terms that we can understand.  FreeBSD doesn't
load drivers, they're part of the kernel.  If a driver doesn't find
its device, it says so and forgets about it.  That's not a problem.
If you're worried about the messages, don't.  They're purely
informative.

> My system:
>
> P2-225 MHz
> 64 Meg sdram
> Fujittsu 4 gig ide
> Pioneer CD
> ps/2 mouse
> vga

Nothing obviously wrong there.  Is there any of that that FreeBSD
doesn't find?

Greg

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