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From: cjr@dircon.co.uk (Chris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please help a newbie. You were once one too! :)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 04:55:55 GMT
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bruceb@qnet.com (Bruce Bergstrom) wrote:

>I couldn't get FreeBSD installed via CD so I thought tht I'd try backing up the CD to tape and 
>try to install it that way. I have a Colorado Jumbo 250 and FreeBSD see's it during the boot 
>process. When I select the install from tape from the menu, I select QIC and allow the /usr/temp 
>directory to be created. When I get to the "Results of tape extract" screen nothing happens. 
>When I press enter it tells me "Improper distribution. No checksum script found" Is what I'm 
>trying to do possible? Please help, I really want to learn this OS and winging it on my own with 
>only an MS-DOS background is certainly a tremendous disadvantage. Guidance or constuctive 
>suggestions from any of you guru's out there? I'd be most grateful.

>I'm trying to install FreeBSD on:

>386DX40
>8 mb
>340 & 210 mb hd
>WD8003E network card

>and can add/switch:
>Colorado Jumbo 250 tape
>Reveal Panasonic double speed CD-Rom or
>Genstar 3000i (Which I was told is a Mitsumi) CD-Rom

>Or perhaps I can put the contents of the CD on floppies and I'd be willing to do this. My 
>question to this is what files belong on what disks.

>Anyone? Please? :)

>Thank you,

>-=Bruce

>bruceb@qnet.com
>bruce.bergstrom@tumbleweed.com
>or here of course.

Assuming 'C' is your harddisk, and 'D' is your CDRom...
Try:  creating a directory :
c:\freebsd
(copy files from the CDROM root into this)
then :
xcopy /s d:\dists c:\freebsd\dists\
and
xcopy /s d:\floppies c:\freebsd\floppies
cd c:\freebsd
install
Note :  I think the you might find some tips in the view progam,
              also look at the FAQ directory (Frequently Asked
Questions..)