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Date:      Wed, 6 Nov 1996 22:34:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        DDAN1955@aol.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: INSTALLING FREEBSD 4.4 ON A PC
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961106223256.12066R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <961106210522_1847673897@emout11.mail.aol.com>

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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 DDAN1955@aol.com wrote:

> I own a computer with 486 DX / 33MHz processor, 1.3 GB Hard Drive
> that has only DOS and CD-ROM driver installed.
> 
> I am trying to install FREEBSD 4.4 on my computer and I am having all kinds
> of problems;
> 
> 1. The installation program does not recognize my CD-ROM drive ( Creative
> Labs/ Sound Blaster) on the last step of the installation that asks for the
> source of installation.
> 
> The CD-ROM works fine from the moment I initialize the install command
> until the last step of the installation routine.

Can you explain this?  Try hitting 'scroll lock' and seeing if your CDROM
was detected.  How is the CD interfaced -- IDE/ATAPI or Creative?

> 2. As a result I have had to option for installation from  a DOS partition.
> 
> I have created a new directory under DOS, C:\FREEBSD and I have copied all
> the files under the D:\mists\bin from the CD to the new directory on C:\. (
> minimum required for installation)
> 
> Then I followed all the steps described in the installation routine. At the
> end of the routine I have two error messages:

They should be in c:\freebsd\bin, c:\freebsd\manpages....

Try deleting the partition and starting over.

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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