Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:10:53 -0000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Kamesh Kompella" <kkamesh@ic.sunysb.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation problems with floppy Message-ID: <00c301bf0348$0b6106e0$827e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990919182312.8796A-100000@sparky>
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I've had same problem ..... at the time I figured I must be doing something wrong as far as putting the files on the floppies in whatever directory the handbook says, eventually gave up on the floppy install bit and got a CD to install from ..... thats always worked well. The instructions given in the Handbook for making the floppies must be misleading somehow .. I haven't looked in Greg Leahy's book yet for info on making floppies, possibly it will be more explicit.than the Handbook . > I was trying to load freebsd on my computer using the floppies. After > partitioning the disk and setting up directories (namely /, /var etc) , I > chose Novice/Minimum Installation. At this point, I was asked to > remove the boot floppy and insert the floppy (which I presume is the > floppy containing bin files). > > I removed the boot floppy and put in the floppy containing the first few > bin files. Now, at this point, I was told that a holographic shell is > being started and that the installation is complete *with some errors*. > > Now, my question is: > > why was I not prompted for the remaining floppies containing bin files > (there are roughly 13 such floppies!)? How can this situation be > rectified? > > I made sure that bin.info is in the first floppy. Also all the files were > placed in a directory named bin on their respective floppies. > > Please note that my machine is completely empty (read no OS). > > Thank in advance. > > Kamesh > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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