Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 15:29:31 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Darin Lee <darinl@umich.edu> Cc: "'doc@freebsd.org'" <doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FREEBSD Installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951208152502.28024B-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BAC566.CA0A03E0@pm008-00.dialip.mich.net>
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On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Darin Lee wrote: > dierctories were the correct size. I then copied the installation files > (ie. FREEBSD\DISTS\BIN) to my C:\FREEBSD directory, as outlined in the > instructions. I did this for all of the files I wished to install, by the ... > FREEBSD began installation but hung with an error of "cannot create the > ROOT image" or something to that extent. I tried this several times and do you have a c:\freebsd\floppies\root.flp? If you do, write down *exactly* what the error message is. It could also be a geometry translation problem. > from a DOS partition? Is it possible that the *.flp images need to be "raw" > copied onto my installation (source) hard dive? If so rawrite won't do it, Nope. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============
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