Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:04:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Richie Suarez <rgsuarez@concentric.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970724090334.1332E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <33D6B29F.96@concentric.net>
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Richie Suarez wrote: > Hi, before I install freebsd there is a couple of things that I want > to make sure of. I am going to give freebsd my whole hd, no other > partitions. I have been told by you guys already that it is not > neccessary to format my c: before installing freebsd, that I can do > that during the installation. But the thing that I dont understand is: > 1. I am installing freebsd via cd-rom. OK > 2. i am starting the installation via boot floppy OK > 3. once in the installtion, will freebsd provide cd-rom device drivers? > because I will be deleting my ms-dos drivers. Yes. (we hope -- if it's an IDE interfaced CD, sometimes they don't probe correctly. Hit ALT-F2 when you get to the main install menu and make sure it found a device of type CDROM.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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