Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 23:19:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Adam L. Simpson" <adam@netsonic.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Troubles. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970420231826.21515I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970420160159.006866e0@mail.netsonic.com>
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Adam L. Simpson wrote: > Hello: > > I am fairly new to the unix/fbsd world and have been trying for three days > now to get FBSD installed. I have the install disks from walnut creek.. > > To this point I have tried everything in the books and al have failed.. > > I first tried via the cdrom... this failed because of the cdrom being ide i > am assuming.. Do I need to go scsi with the cdrom drive? No, if you have 2.1.5 and later it should find your CDROM. You may need to move it onto the primary controller. > I then tried xcopy to a dos partition on the d drive and tried to > install it to the c drive wd0 which also failed. You'd have to say what error messages you got for me to decode this. > 1. Do you have any tips for me to enable this to suceed? Tell me more about your problems? > 2. Is it simply replacing the ide cdrom with a scsi? That would be one solution. Make sure you use a supported SCSI controller, ie Adaptec or NCR/Symbios. > 3. Have you had as much grief installing fbsd on your machines? Will we > alsways have this sort of hassle? Not me. 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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