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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 1997 20:50:15 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>
To:        Liz McQueeny <ladybug@pugetsound.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HELP!!!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971121204614.308A-100000@barnowl>
In-Reply-To: <347628A2.B42612DD@pugetsound.net>

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Hi There!

You must make your directory structure under windoze look like,

freebsd/bin (for the bin files oddly enough)
 then under the freebsd directory all of the other sub dirs that you
 want like dict, man, info, etc.

sysinstall should then find it and install it like the dickins!

John

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Liz McQueeny wrote:

> I'm trying to install freebsd and I'm having a problem!
> I want to do a single-disk, multi-os install.  I have windows 95
> installed already. I downloaded the fips.exe and set up a new freebsd
> partition, then I  made my freebsd boot disk using the fdimage file.  I
> then downloaded the "bin" files from the ftp.cdrom site and stored them
> in a directory named FreeBSD. The boot disk works fine but when i try to
> install from a dos partition it kicks me back out to the select
> distributions screen and I get into a vicious circle from there.
> So, I decided to try to fdimage all of the "bin" files to floppy disk
> and install that way, but when I got to the actual install screen where
> it asks me to put in the first floppy, I get an error message that reads
> "Error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist : Invalid argument".
> What does this mean???
> I'm new to UNIX-type OS's and I'm very lost!!  I hope I've given you
> enough information and I also hope you can help me.  Thank you for
> taking the time to read this.
> 
> --
> Elizabeth McQueeny
> ladybug@pugetsound.net
> 
> 
> 
> 




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