Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 17:32:04 +1000 From: Andrew Perry <andrew@shoal.net.au> To: questions freebsd <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Install questions] Message-ID: <32F988F4.2235@shoal.net.au>
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X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Message-ID: <32F988D8.B9A@shoal.net.au> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 17:31:36 +1000 From: Andrew Perry <andrew@shoal.net.au> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim <infosys@medfab.com> Subject: Re: Install questions References: <199702052311.PAA25136@jeffnet.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You need the bin.inf file on the first diskette, in the /bin dir with the .aa .ab etc... files. If you wish to install any other distributions at the same time then put the .inf in a directory for that distribution, eg: for the manpages put man.inf in the /manpages dir. Hope this helps. Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au Jim wrote: > > I am attempting to do a fairly minimal install of FreeBSD onto a 486-33Mhz > with a 212Meg disk. Told the novice install procedure to use the whole > disk for BSD. Used 3.5" floppies with MS-DOS formatting...reformatted when > they won't work. Tried placing the '/bin' files in their own subdirectory > on the floppies, then in \FREEBSD\BIN and am still getting, after the > 'Please insert floppy for floppy drive unit A' and doing so, the message > Message: Couldn't extract the following distributions. This may be because > they were not available on the installation media you've chosen: > > bin > > Its getting frustrating...probably something very simple....but....HELP ! > > Thanks. > > Jim Lloyd > 541-776-7606 > jalloyd@teleport.com > > ps...can FreeBSD be placed on a system that already has Win95 AND Winnt 4.0 > workstation?
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