Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 14:06:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: JamesSturdevant <jamess@freenet.msp.mn.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971104140508.29925B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19971104093747.117fb7fc@freenet.msp.mn.us>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, JamesSturdevant wrote: > I have the FreeBSD 2.2.2 distribution on cd-rom from Walnut Creek. The > machine I want to install it on does not have a CD but is on a Workgroups > network. > > I load the CD in one machine and connect to it using the MSClient for DOS on > a floppy. I start the install and get through it to the point where it asks > for the source of the distributions. I chose existing file system and > specified the drive letter e: (I also tried e:\). It reports that it can't > find the distributions for doc bin ... MS Networking isn't supported by the installer. use your link to copy the files into c:\freebsd\*, then try doing a DOS install. > I also set up an FTP server and used the CD as the root. Again, it reported > that it couldn't find the distributions. THe CD needs to be under /pub/FreeBSD/x.x.x-RELEASE. > My guess is that there may be a case matching problem in the program as far > as the directories go. Can you help me with the proper syntax for the > existing file system install? Thanks, Existing FS means you have an existing UNIX file system to pull from. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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