Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:13:36 -0600 From: FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve <geniusj@suarez.bestweb.net> To: Kamesh Kompella <kkamesh@ic.sunysb.edu>, freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation problems with floppy Message-ID: <99091922144101.70436@phreebsd.org> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990919182312.8796A-100000@sparky>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wow, are you into massochism? :-).. Are there any other options for your installation? network? cdrom? serial cable (well, maybe not) .. but anyway.. I don't know of anyone doing that for a while! :).. No wonder it probably crumbles although it does seem like strange behaviour, you may want to submit this as a problem report. On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Kamesh Kompella wrote: > 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 - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason DiCioccio | geniusj@ods.org FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org PGP Key ID: 0xA96A4C04 | http://www.ods.org - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBN+WmoXJvJ3WpakwEEQLTpgCfQJH/M1slH3Es6lIWiHF/+1Z3jqIAn0BT 6S7xzsVxzhYu2BF1FxmnsvhN =rIb9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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