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Date:      Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        roncomer@dial.pipex.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 2.2.5
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708014325.22542T-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19980705212547.007b8510@pop.dial.pipex.com>

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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 roncomer@dial.pipex.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A while ago I purchased the Walnut Creek 4 CD set of FreeBSD rel 2.2.5. I
> am now trying to install this on a 486 with 20Mb RAM and a 1Gb HDD.
> 
> I have formatted the HDD and then loaded MS-DOS 6.22. I have created a BSD
> boot floppy and an trying to install from that.
> 
> At the end of every installation attempt, when I boot the PC, I get the
> following messages:
> 
> "Can't find file boot.config"
> "Can't find file boot.help"
> and
> "Can't find kernel"
> 
> I have deliberately kept this email short - rather than bombard you with
> details of every key I pressed during the install, I'm hoping that the 3
> error messages above will suggest something, as they seem pretty
> fundamental errors!

It implies that your installation failed at some point.  Check the ALT-F2
debug console for error messages during the installation.  You should not
get the above from the boot floppy -- if you do, you may have mis-imaged
it and need to re-image the floppy.

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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