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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!insync!pornstorm.eit.com!not-for-mail From: Sreenath Battalahalli <sreenath@eit.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Problem installing freebsd 2.1.7 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:48:21 -0800 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 24 Message-ID: <33285A05.4C42@eit.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.eit.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: Sreenath Battalahalli <sreenath@eit.com> (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b1 (WinNT; I) X-Priority: Normal Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36972 Hello, I down loaded all files from bin directory to floppies, as well as boot floppy. I created the partitions required and started installing. The message comes up saying that the distribution media I have chosen does not possibly have the bin stuff. 1. Is it necessary to get root.flp file? I see that a previous freebsd handbook says it is required, whereas the file itself is absent in 2.1.7 release. 2. I created freebsd\bin directory on DOS partition, and copied all files from the floppies to that directory, and chose DOS partition as installation media. Then also I got message saying that it was unable to find the BIN files. I created the boot floppy using rawwrite utility, and I am able to boot with that floppy. Am I missing something? Any help is greately appreciated. Thanks, Sreenath (sreenath@eit.com)