From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 26 23:14:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA20307 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:14:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-4-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA20300 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:14:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id JAA04645; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:12:34 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199810270712.JAA04645@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: bin.inf corrupt? In-Reply-To: <3635598B.3AB54817@null.net> from Nathan Grass at "Oct 27, 98 00:26:35 am" To: zaz@null.net Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:12:31 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nathan Grass wrote: > >From the DOS SETUP.EXE I get the following when trying to prepare for > >a DOS install. > "BIN.INF: .INF file is corrupt. Press ESC" > > While in the FreeBSD install/setup program (from the boot floppy) I > can't get the system to find the packages. > > Everything has been put in C:\FREEBSD (all caps too if that matters) > and I even tried converting the bin.inf file to DOS ASCII and get the > same problem. > > The file system is FAT (not FAT32) running Win98 and I can't figure > out what might be wrong. > > Any tips? Don't use SETUP.EXE. It is usually very out of date, even if you got it off a Walnut Creek CDROM. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message