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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Date: 6 Feb 1995 03:28:08 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3h4508$8e@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <3fvqhh$jmt@news.rain.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Cory Remick (cremick@rain.org) wrote: : I'm trying to install FreeBSD-2.0 that I ftp'd from ftp.cdrom.com. : I partitioned my 340mb ide drive. 150 for dos and the rest for BSD : Wrote the Bootcode : Wrote the Bootmanager : Wrote the Disklabel : Rebooted from the hd : inserted CPIO.FLP : ran that : then it asks yes or no for installing bindist from ftp, cdrom or disks. : I enter y for yes and then it locks up my system and does nothing. : No error message or anything. : My system consists of : Cyrix 386sx : 6mb ram : 340MB ide c: : 80md ide d: : 1.44 meg 3-1/2 : SB16 irq 5 dma 1 port 220 : AGX Windows accel card : CD-Rom drive hooked up through the sound card : 14.4 modem on com4 : logitech mouse on com1 : Try pressing ALT-F2 - there may be more info there. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....