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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CDROM Installation Probs.
Date: 23 Apr 1997 15:01:57 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <335E585E.2341@cnetusa.com>,
Chris <che@cnetusa.com> writes:
> Brian,
>
> I'm kind of new to this myself. I have a 2.1 FreeBSD CD from Walnut
> Creek. I didn't have the start up disk to install the CD. However, I
> went to www.freebsd.org to download the image file to copy on the floppy
> to create a startup disk. Now, as I enter the installation menu.
> Everything is fine, except when it reaches the copying of files to the
> hard drive. The installation tells me that it is unable to copy the
> distribution files to the hard disk, since it is not a 2.1.5 version or
> earlier. What gives? Shouldn't the image file compatible for all
> version? If not, where can I get my hands on one? Any ideas would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Chris
You could try setting the "Release Name" to "none" in the
Options screen, although I'm not aware that this is used
for CD installs.
This shouldn't really be a problem......
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !