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Date:      Tue, 25 May 1999 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Carlos M. Buj Ribas" <carlosbuj@steinweb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems installing FreeBsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905251103330.13061-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3748153E.89591C00@steinweb.net>

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On Sun, 23 May 1999, Carlos M. Buj Ribas wrote:

> I want to install Free Bsd. The problem is that the cdrom drive is not
> accepted by the installation Program. What I am trying now is to
> install it from a dos partition so that I have copied into a directory
> called d:\freebsd\bin the files from the cd rom (e:\bin). The problem
> is that now the install program tells me there isn't any primary dos
> partition.
> 
> I want to install it on the secondary master HD. In the primary master
> I have
> 
> the Windows98 partition as well as the Caldere 1.3 Linux partition.

You should place the install fileson the Windows 98 partition then
point the installer at it.

In FreeBSD 3.1, there isa bug in the DOS install.  You have o place the
files in a special directory.  Check the 3.1 ERRATA at
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.1R/errata.html for details.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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