From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 7 09:35:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA06187 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 09:35:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA06166 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 09:35:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from zarbi.uscpc.unal.edu.co ([168.176.2.35]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id JAA17263 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 09:03:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gcabrale@localhost) by zarbi.uscpc.unal.edu.co (8.8.2/8.8.2) id LAA00223; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:55:37 GMT Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:55:34 +0000 () From: "G. Cabrales" To: "G. Cabrales" Subject: Re: INSTALLING FREEBSD 4.4 ON A PC In-Reply-To: <961106210522_1847673897@emout11.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 DDAN1955@aol.com wrote: > NEED HELP TO INSTALL FREEBSD.......... >=20 >=20 > I own a computer with 486 DX / 33MHz processor, 1.3 GB Hard Drive > that has only DOS and CD-ROM driver installed. >=20 > I am trying to install FREEBSD 4.4 on my computer and I am having all kin= ds > of problems; >=20 > 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 t= he > source of installation. Attach the cdrom directly to the first IDE CONTROLLER jumpered as slave,=20 not to the SB card. >=20 > The CD-ROM works fine from the moment I initialize the =93install=94 comm= and > until the last step of the installation routine. >=20 > 2. As a result I have had to option for installation from =93 a DOS parti= tion=94. >=20 > I have created a new directory under DOS, C:\FREEBSD and I have copied al= l > the files under the D:\mists\bin from the CD to the new directory on C:\.= ( > minimum required for installation) Be sure when you make the root partition, this must be in the first 450=20 MB of your hard disk, the another partitions could be after this. >=20 > Then I followed all the steps described in the installation routine. At t= he > end of the routine I have two error messages: >=20 > =09=09- the system can not find some other bin.... files - which I have c= orrected > by going back and copy from the CD into the > hard drive; I think I have corrected since the file name not found is > changing after a copy the previous ones; it > does not seem to be a problem and eventually they all =09=09=09 will be = copied. >=20 > =09=09- the second message is that the installation routine could not fin= d the > Kernel image file. Again, the problem: the root nd boot partition must be in your first 450=20 Mb of your HD unit. >=20 > I have ignored the message and I finished installation; at the end the la= st > message is that I will not be able to boot from the hard drive. >=20 > 3. Booting from the system from the hard drive brings up the boot > initialization routine over and over and the boot will not go any further= . Of course, no kernel found in the boot partition >=20 > Booting from a boot diskette is even worst; the boot routine goes into a = hard > drive check that never ends. ( it checks cylinders and heads ... that get= s > stuck on cylinder 46). >=20 > I can use all the help I can get...... >=20 > Thanks=20 > Dan >=20 >=20 ok... bye. G. Cabrales