From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 3 20:24:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA07521 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA07514 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:24:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA26548; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:24:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:24:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Vega011@aol.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trying to install In-Reply-To: <971102001839_-23041014@emout08.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 Vega011@aol.com wrote: > I have successfully created the installation boot disk image. > I am using this to format my computer. > Everything seems to go well: I am able to configure my kernal, I then select > 'Novice' installation, I select 'Use Entire Disk' in the partition editor, I > select 'Standard' MBR, I select 'Auto Defaults for all!' in the disklabel > editor, I select 'All' distributions, I select 'Floppy' installation media (I > have no CDROM), then confirm requests. > Partitioning seems to go fine. > I then get a message requesting 'Please insert floppy in floppy drive unit > A'. > I then insert my floppy with the files bin.aa, bin.ab, bin.ac, bin.ad and > bin.ae on them, and hit enter. You need to have bin.inf on this disk too. And the files must be in a bin\ directory. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major