Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:08:25 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> To: george <george@columbus-ks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: If it will install, I will come Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980901140012.18094A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <03004851100135@COLUMBUS-KS.COM>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, george wrote: > I tried to install FreeBSD on an HP Pavilion 3266. This is a 233Mhz/32Mb > system with a 2.1Gb HD. I download to floppies. Everything went well with > the boot disk image until I reached the point of using the other floppies. > It copied the first file, then asked me to insert the disk with UNIX-SLASH > filename. The file it wanted was on the floppy in DOS-SLASH filename. > Install found and installed the first file from said floppy, then lost > itself. I tried repeatedly. I downloaded again! Same story. George, a few points: Firstly, you posted to freebsd-doc, but you would be better off mailing freebsd-questions, where there are lots of people who can assist you with your installation questions. I have forwarded the e-mail on to freebsd-questions for you. Can I clarify what you are attempting to do? You have downloaded all (or part of) FreeBSD, and you are trying to install it from floppies. Is this correct? You might find it easier to install from a DOS partition instead of floppies. The installation document that you can find in the root directory of the FreeBSD 2.2.7 release explains how to do this. This will certainly be easier that using lots of floppies! Another alternative is to buy FreeBSD on CD-ROM. You can buy the 4 CD-ROM set from Walnut Creek (http://www.cdrom.com) or a cheap ($1.99?) basic CD-ROM release from CheapBytes (http://www.cheapbytes.com). Can you provide us with some more information: 1. What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? 2.2.7? 3.0? 2. What parts of FreeBSD are you trying to install? Just the bin/ directory? Or the entire release? (That would be a *lot* of floppies!) > I would be using FreeBSD now if I could install a free copy. I won't be > using FreeBSD only because I can't. Any help would be appreciated. I've > read wonderful things about FreeBSD. I hate Windows95. It locks up, and I > can not afford a Visual C++. It is true that some people find FreeBSD to be more difficult to install than Windows95, but many people find exactly the opposite! It often comes down to the combination of hardware that you have. Hope this helps, Graeme - -- Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University Random thought #29 (Collect all 222) Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv Comment: Auto-signed by PPG (v1.01) (the PGP/PINE gateway) iQB1AwUBNetzKmAiycRwLbVJAQEeOQL/Yji7/E7DXiLFnkvpQTdgulTmFvZw0rtw 2SdYFAMtS9+Id3mMJQjGi0Ad8gaavqOTGNBvmpzNghPJrpm5DshnoKqv/BQL3nf+ z/lBAnoNMsAOlXovKSTuV06GGWhD/ln2 =xxjM -----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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