Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 23:51:21 -0500 From: Jean-Paul Nuytten <jnuytten@penn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation Problems Message-ID: <32C89BC9.4953@penn.com>
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I just acquired FreeBSD from Walnut Creek CDROM along with the book "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehley. I have 2 EIDE hard drives; 1.2 GB (C:) which contains Windows 95 and 2.6 GB (FreeBSD partition, D:, E:). The FreeBSD partition is within the first 1024 cylinders, D: is a primary DOS partition which starts after the FreeBSD partition and E: is an extented DOS partition. To make matters worse, I have a Promise 2300 EIDE controller. I am trying to install using a DOS partition and have a directory on D: called FREEBSD with the distribution directories under it. After making a FreeBSD bootable diskette and booting the FreeBSD installation procedure (using the Novice installation option) I am have problems loading the distribution. I seem to be reading the distribution from the DOS partition OK, but I am getting write errors. Secondly, I have an IDE 8X CDROM (it came with the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 32PNP). The book says that I should make a boot floppy using the atapi.flp loader but I can't find that file on my distribution CDROM. Where can I get this file so that I can install from CDROM directly. Thanks in advance for your prompt attention to my questions. Regards, J-P -- Jean-Paul Nuytten Email: jnuytten@penn.com RD #3, Box 359A Voice: 814-641-0198 Huntingdon, PA USA 16652 FAX: 814-641-0199
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