Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:34:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Daimler Benz <dbrci@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in> Cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd from a DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009103344.3036M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970928161647.10273c08@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in>
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I think I meant to answer this but never got around to it. On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Daimler Benz wrote: > I am trying to install Freebsd on my computer.I have partitioned the hard > disk into two partitions, using FIPS. One of these I did a format /s on, to > be able to boot into DOS. I am unable to load Freebsd from the CDROM since > it is not being detected.(I think the reason could be that it is a 12x ATAPI > IDE CDROM ).I have the dos drivers for the CD, and copied the contents of > the whole CD onto a directory on the DOS partition called Freebsd. I then > tried loading bsd from the DOS partition, but it says : > > Write failed ( -1 bytes copied of 1024 ) > > What do I do?? Hit ALT-F2 and report what you see when you get this message. 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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