Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:23:42 +0100 From: Niel <niel@telia.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Ibm Thinkpad 560x, i386, cannot install using dos nor floppies. (freebsd 5.1) Message-ID: <200311291723.42660.niel@telia.com>
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I have an Ibm Thinkpad 560x with usb cd and extern floppydrive. I have copied whole installation cd no 1 onto the harddisk via windows98 = and=20 the usb cd port. Then I have booted with kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, and set everything up w= ith=20 sysinstall. I have used relevant tools, and made a partition for windows of some 1.7 = gb,=20 and some 4.5 gb for freebsd. I have used fdisk and made the freebsd slice 2 bootable,=20 and with disk label editor set following up: /windows 1.7 gb ad0s1 / 256 mb ad0s2a swap 256 mb ad0s2b /var 1000 mb ad0s2d /usr 2000 mb ad0s2e Case 1. When I then start the installation via dos media, I get following message= s: error mounting /dev/ad0s1 on /dist. Case 2. Then I have formatted some 36 floppied, and copied all /freebsd/base file= d=20 onto those floppies. When I start the installation via floppy media, i get following message: No floppy devices found! Please check that your system's configuration is= =20 correct. For more information ........ I have spend some 2 weeks on this project, reading the Handbook, and sear= ched=20 freebsd.org mailing archive, but cannot find any solution! If somebody please could help, I would be very grateful *smiling* :-) Regards niel@telia.com (My name is Niels, living in Sweden)
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