Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 22:57:02 -0700 From: "Daniel A. Borlean" <bord@cruzio.com> To: support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Boot Floppies Message-ID: <33C3282E.7670@cruzio.com>
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Hi, I recently purchased the FreeBSD 2.2.2 OS from Walnut Creek CDROM and am having difficulties installing it on my computer (486 DX PC). One of the difficulties is that there is no 1.2Mb boot floppy image file in the /FLOPPIES subdirectory. I need such a file because the boot drive of my computer is a 5 1/4 " drive which can only support 1.2Mb or less of disk space. Can I be sent a 1.2Mb file or be given a link where I could download it? Another problem is with my CD-ROM drive. I have previously installed an earlier version of FreeBSD with the FTP installation option, so I did not need to use my CD-ROM drive for installation. I removed the old version of the os because of partitioning problems. But now, when I try to boot off of the earlier version's boot disk, the installation program cannot detect my CD-ROM drive. I have a quad speed Creative Labs "SoundBlaster" CD-ROM drive and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to tell the kernel (at the Boot: prompt?) to explicitly detect my CD-ROM drive? Thanks for your help, Daniel -- -+- -+- -+- | Daniel A. Borlean / bord@cruzio.com \ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / http://members.cruzio.com/~bord \ \ / Scotts Valley, CA /| http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~bdaniel \ | 408-461-1676 / | /\ -+- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~/-+- \ ^Life iS shOrt! plaY smarT!!^ / -+- /|\/ \/ \_|___^ ^___\_/ \
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