Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:28:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Lucien Bomar <lbomar@atlanta.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810091526450.2786-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <000201bdf3b4$4f1f5c00$0100000a@mntws1.atlanta.com>
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Lucien Bomar wrote: >FreeBSD: > >I'm installing FreeBSD from a CDROM that was part of "UNIX Systems >Administrator's Bible" by IDG Books 1998. The CD has a version of FreeBSD 2.2.5 >reported to be courtesy of Walnut Creek CDROM. > >I have a P166, 64MegRam, Mitsumi CDROM. I used the floppy install. >Installation proceeds well until the actual reading of the CDROM. At that point >I get a message "CD in the drive is not FreeBSD or is an older version (pre >2.1.5). FreeBSD CD does not have a version number on it. Do you want to >continue with it?". If I select no I have to exit and if yes the files never >load even though it says the installation is complete. > >I've been through the set-up 20 times and tried every variation. Is this an >error you are familiar with and could you offer a plausible solution? If this were my problem, I would go to www.freebsd.org and get the 2.2.5 boot floppy image and boot the computer using this floppy. I would hope that using the 2.2.5 boot floppy with the 2.2.5 cdrom would get me started. This is just my best guess. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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