Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:20:45 -0600 From: "scott mcclellan" <scottmcclellan@starband.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FREEBSD.org> Subject: Installing with floppies Message-ID: <000201c2e437$0805fea0$4b944094@mooeymachine>
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I wrote an earlier thread with regards to installing via CD-ROM. Unfortunately I think I have a hardware technical problem that's beyond my intellect at this point. (Get a FAILURE error when the boot process starts - the CD hadn't even started humming yet) I've started the installation process a couple of times with the floppies. In fact, I must have something on the computer (meaning FreeBSD of some sort) after having used the 'kern' and 'mfsroot' disks. My question is, "Do you need to load all the distribution files when it asks you to, or is the OS actually on my system at this point, and I just don't know what the heck (censored) I'm doing. My problem with the distribution downloads is I apparently have a couple of bad disks, and each time the system finds that it can't access one of the files, it shuts down the loading process. I've finally gotten smart and have vtty2 on the monitor so I can see which disk goes awry, but this doesn't make the process go any easier, since when the loading stops, I have to start the distribution download all the way from the beginning again. Is there anyway to start the distribution download process where it last left off? (This is why I was hoping the CD-ROM route would work - unfortunately NOT!!) I hate beating myself up over this process, but I'm beginning to feel like the ULTIMATE NEWBIE with this. Someone toss me a preserver. Scott McClellan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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