Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 18:13:33 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FluRDoInG <flurdoing@earthling.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 Installation Message-ID: <19980302181333.08263@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980301154111.007b9c90@emirates.net.ae>; from FluRDoInG on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 03:43:38PM %2B0400 References: <3.0.32.19980301154111.007b9c90@emirates.net.ae>
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On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 15:43:38 +0400, FluRDoInG wrote: > Hello, > I have recently purchased FreeBSD 2.0.5 from my local computer store. I > think that this is extremely outdated, but i'm sure that it will suffice > for now. I'm having some serious problems getting it installed, and I'd > really appreciate all the help you can provide me with. I have read all the > help files, and documentation and have found no answer. > Firstly, what i would like to do: I would like to create a partion of my > current 'D' drive (6 gig) of 500M for FreeBSD. D is currently unbootable, > so I'd like to use your BootMenu feature. You may have trouble with your system BIOS unless you locate the root partition entirely in the first 504 MB. > Now, here is my *large* problem. My CD Rom (which uses the > TEAC_CDI.SYS driver) isn't recognised in DOS mode. However, i am > currently in the process of using MSCDEX to make it work. I'm > worried that I won't be able to use the CDROM with FreeBSD. That's a well-founded worry with that version of FreeBSD. We had troubles with ATAPI drives up to about 2.2. Yours sounds like it might be an old proprietary drive; I can't recall what 2.0.5 supported offhand, but 2.1.5 didn't support any Teac drives, so you're probably out of luck. > Also, while attempting to create a partion (through the installation > menu) I must have done something wrong, like deleted a partion, and > now Windows wont recognize my D drive. Can I restore this somehow? That depends on what you have done. Use Microsoft FDISK and try to figure out what you've done. > If not, just help me to install FreeBSD from the CD. I discovered, > too late, that i could have installed it directly off my hard disk > by copying the FreeBSD files. I'd need my 6 gig hard disk to do > this. IIRC you'll have to do this from a primary partition with 2.0.5. I understand that Microsoft can't handle more than one primary partition, so you could be out of luck there, too. You could try a minimal installtion first from the primary Microsoft partition, and then load more and more once you get the system up. > I would seriously appreciate absolutely ANY help you can > give. I'd really like to get this working. Also, can you tell me > what new releases of FreeBSD are available? You should probably check out the pages at http://www.FreeBSD.org/. Currently we have 2.2.5-RELEASE, in a month or two 2.2.6 will appear, and there's also the experimental version 3.0-CURRENT. > I'm currently in a remote part of the world, The > United Arab Emirates, so I probably have to mail order... Could you tell me > of any companies which offer such services. Walnut Creek CDROM (http://www.cdrom.com/) is the best. > Lastly, I'd just like to inquire about FreeBSD 2.0.5's > functionality as a workstation machine- as in, no network. Yes, FreeBSD will even work without a network :-) Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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