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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!coconut!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!news.nacamar.de!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!pornstorm.eit.com!not-for-mail From: Sreenath Battalahalli <sreenath@eit.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem installing freebsd 2.1.7 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:10:52 -0800 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 46 Message-ID: <332EDAAB.6613@eit.com> References: <33285A05.4C42@eit.com> <332aca83.48834210@news.ptd.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.eit.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b2 (WinNT; I) To: nickf@ptd.net X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37403 Nick Folino wrote: 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 Thanks for the hint. After I copied bin.inf to the first floppy it installed well, and it works great. Sreenath