Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:12:21 -0700 From: "BlYnK" <blynk69@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Couple of questions! Message-ID: <000701bf0a41$97dc1c40$a889b2d1@kaitlin>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF0A06.EA9B6FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello wise and friendly FreeBSD group, I have a few questions if you don't mind answering. Please bear = with me, I'm not super computer savy. I own a Pentium 2 computer with = a Windows 98 OS. I visited your site and became interested in = installing FreeBSD to my system. I read all the manual and pre-install = texts carefully yet I still have a couple of questions. I decided on = installing FreeBSD through the floppy disk method (the hard way) mainly = because I have a stack of empty floppies and I am not that familiar with = FTP processes and configurations other than just getting files through = point and click. When I connected to the FTP site it downloaded a = FreeBSD folder consisting of two subfolders. One is named "Bin" and the = other "Catpages" My first questions is do I need the catpages folder = for FreeBSD installation? I ask this because the installation text = didn't mention anything about catpages. The next question is how do I = make the neccessary boot disks? The install texts weren't too clear for = my comprehension. It mentioned something about a "fdimage.exe" (which I = got), a "kern.flp", and a "mfsroot.flp" I couldn't find the kern.flp = or the mfsroot.flp anywhere (wasn't in any of the folders). Lastly for = my clarification, lets say you help me on creating the boot disks and I = pack all the files in the Bin folder (and Catpages if needed) onto = floppy disks. I would then partition my hard drive to make space for = FreeBSD. Next I would feed the kern.flp boot disk into my floppy drive = and reboot my computer. My system would then ask for the mfsroot.flp = boot disk. After that it would ask for the floppies with the all the = bin files on them to install the actual FreeBSD, right? The only = questions left now are where does "fdimage.exe" come into play and how = to use it if neccessary? Does the boot disk detect the empty partition = auotmatically and begin the installation process onto the empty = partition? If I install FreeBSD through this manner and I want to be = able to have the option of booting to FreeBSD, Windows 98, or another OS = when my computer starts up, wil I need any other software or will my = computer detect multiple OS's automatically and ask me which I want to = boot up? Sorry about the lengthy e-mail with all the questions, its = kinda tough being a newbie but hopefully with enough experimenting and = learning I'll rise above my state. I would greatly appreciate any help = I can get on answering my questions. Thank you for your time and I can = be reached at blynk99@earthlink.net !!! = = = Needing help, = = = Omar=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF0A06.EA9B6FC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#000000> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080>Hello wise and friendly FreeBSD=20 group,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT = color=3D#000080> I=20 have a few questions if you don't mind answering. Please bear with = me, I'm=20 not super computer savy. I own a Pentium 2 computer with a = Windows=20 98 OS. I visited your site and became interested in installing = FreeBSD to=20 my system. I read all the manual and pre-install texts carefully = yet I=20 still have a couple of questions. I decided on installing FreeBSD = through=20 the floppy disk method (the hard way) mainly because I have a stack of = empty=20 floppies and I am not that familiar with FTP processes and = configurations other=20 than just getting files through point and click. When I connected = to the=20 FTP site it downloaded a FreeBSD folder consisting of two = subfolders. One=20 is named "Bin" and the other "Catpages" = My first=20 questions is do I need the catpages folder for FreeBSD = installation? I ask=20 this because the installation text didn't mention anything about=20 catpages. The next question is how do I make the neccessary boot=20 disks? The install texts weren't too clear for my = comprehension. It=20 mentioned something about a "fdimage.exe" (which I got), a=20 "kern.flp", and a "mfsroot.flp" I = couldn't find=20 the kern.flp or the mfsroot.flp anywhere (wasn't in any of the = folders). =20 Lastly for my clarification, lets say you help me on creating the = boot=20 disks and I pack all the files in the Bin folder (and Catpages if = needed) onto=20 floppy disks. I would then partition my hard drive to make space = for=20 FreeBSD. Next I would feed the kern.flp boot disk into my floppy = drive and=20 reboot my computer. My system would then ask for the = mfsroot.flp=20 boot disk. After that it would ask for the floppies with the all = the bin=20 files on them to install the actual FreeBSD, right? The only = questions left now are where does "fdimage.exe" come into play = and how=20 to use it if neccessary? Does the boot disk detect the empty = partition=20 auotmatically and begin the installation process onto the empty = partition? =20 If I install FreeBSD through this manner and I want to be able to have = the=20 option of booting to FreeBSD, Windows 98, or another OS when my computer = starts=20 up, wil I need any other software or will my computer detect multiple = OS's=20 automatically and ask me which I want to boot up? Sorry about the = lengthy=20 e-mail with all the questions, its kinda tough being a newbie but = hopefully with=20 enough experimenting and learning I'll rise above my state. I = would=20 greatly appreciate any help I can get on answering my questions. = Thank you=20 for your time and I can be reached at <A=20 href=3D"mailto:blynk99@earthlink.net">blynk99@earthlink.net</A> =20 !!!</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000080></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT=20 color=3D#000080> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; =20 Needing help,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=3D#0000ff><FONT=20 color=3D#000080> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 Omar</FONT> </FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BF0A06.EA9B6FC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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