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From: solinas@panix.com (David Solinas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: FreeBSD 1.0E install -- load_fd fails
Date: 14 Oct 1993 01:06:27 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
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I'm in the process of installing FreeBSD 1.0 EPSILON on my 486, and
have run into a problem.  I have the base files installed on an IDE
drive (on a partition after a small DOS partition), and can boot up
DOS or FreeBSD just fine (using booteasy).  My problem is that I'm
at the point where I need to install the binary distribution, which
I have on a dozen or so DOS floppies.  When I run 'load_fd', it gives
me the following messages when trying to read from the 1st floppy:
          exec:/sbin/mount_pcfs /dev/fd0a /tmp/floppy
          mount: invalid argument
The drive light comes on, and the directory /tmp/floppy exists.  I
created the floppies by downloading them (in DOS) and copying them to
the floppies, just as the install notes say to.  I can read the disks
just fine from DOS.  Note that the DOS partition is too small now to
hold the binary distribution -- can't take the easy way out!
Does anyone have any ideas what I should do?

Thanks in advance,
Dave Solinas

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