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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.fast.net!newsgate.ptd.net!news.ptd.net!not-for-mail From: nickf@ptd.net (Nick Folino) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem installing freebsd 2.1.7 Date: 15 Mar 1997 16:13:25 GMT Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <332aca83.48834210@news.ptd.net> References: <33285A05.4C42@eit.com> Reply-To: nickf@ptd.net NNTP-Posting-Host: cs1-5.pot.ptd.net NNTP-Posting-User: nickf Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37102 On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:48:21 -0800, Sreenath Battalahalli <sreenath@eit.com> wrote: >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) make sure the file bin.inf is in \bin on the first floppy. Nick