Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 22:44:51 +0700 From: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@infoce-2-ll.ll4.relcom.ru> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Cannot install.. help, please ! Message-ID: <199703191547.SAA01963@infoce-2-ll.ll4.relcom.ru>
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Hello! I have been trying to install FreeBSD for 2 days now and I am almost gone crazy. For now i have progressed to the moment when the installer says CANNOT LOAD THE ROOT DISTRIBUTION. PLEASE CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND TRY AGAIN. I am installing 2.1.0-R I have P5-133mhz, 16MB, TOMATO 5DHX (HX chipset) Motherboard and i have 2 hdds Western Digital 21600 (as Primary Master, DOS partition for WIndows95) Western Digital 21200 (as Secondary Master, fully for FreeBSD) Since my type of CD-ROM is not supprted i copied the first CD into the DOS partition and started install.bat from there. Since the first try i tried the following: 1. Choosing a compatible freebsd partition 2. chooing a dedicated freebsd partition 3. Changing geometry to the LBA params (as in BIOS) 4. CHanging geometry to the physical params (the real ones) 5. Coping the DIST dir into /FREEBSD/DIST 6. Coping the DIST dir from cd into /FREEBSD (withoou DIST, as the install.txt says) in any case i always chose to install BootManager (cannot work without it!) still, nothing works, it says: CANNOT LOAD THE ROOT DISTRIBUTION Please, help me! Thanx Artem Koutchine
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