Re: Question about installing FreeBSD
Quoting Michael Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I really hope that you're answering questions about installing FreeBSD, since I can't yet start threads on freebsdforum.org. My question is : I have downloaded the entire FreeBSD 6.1 (about 17,5 GB) and made a FREEBSD directory on one of my HDs and now trying to install BSD on the other. I'm booting from floppies and now can't understand why the sysinstall can't find the DOS partition on the slave. Is it because it's on a NTFS or what am I doing wrong? Thomas . . the easier way to install is to download the .iso files and burn them to CD . . then use your boot floppies to start the install from the CDs (or just boot from the CD if supported by your equip) Pete C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about installing FreeBSD
On 10/4/06, Pete C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Michael Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I really hope that you're answering questions about installing FreeBSD, since I can't yet start threads on freebsdforum.org. My question is : I have downloaded the entire FreeBSD 6.1 (about 17,5 GB) and made a FREEBSD directory on one of my HDs and now trying to install BSD on the other. I'm booting from floppies and now can't understand why the sysinstall can't find the DOS partition on the slave. Is it because it's on a NTFS or what am I doing wrong? Thomas . . the easier way to install is to download the .iso files and burn them to CD . . then use your boot floppies to start the install from the CDs (or just boot from the CD if supported by your equip) Pete C since you were to able download that much file size, i agree with pete the best way to install is via the .iso files, i dunno why is that the FreeBSD files you downloaded amounted to that much space that's odd, when i downloaded the iso's before, it only consists of iso's so that equals 2 cd. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about installing FreeBSD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jan gestre wrote: On 10/4/06, Pete C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Michael Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I really hope that you're answering questions about installing FreeBSD, since I can't yet start threads on freebsdforum.org. My question is : I have downloaded the entire FreeBSD 6.1 (about 17,5 GB) and made a FREEBSD directory on one of my HDs and now trying to install BSD on the other. I'm booting from floppies and now can't understand why the sysinstall can't find the DOS partition on the slave. Is it because it's on a NTFS or what am I doing wrong? Thomas . . the easier way to install is to download the .iso files and burn them to CD . . then use your boot floppies to start the install from the CDs (or just boot from the CD if supported by your equip) Pete C since you were to able download that much file size, i agree with pete the best way to install is via the .iso files, i dunno why is that the FreeBSD files you downloaded amounted to that much space that's odd, when i downloaded the iso's before, it only consists of iso's so that equals 2 cd. Sounds like Michael downloaded / mirrored the entire site for no reason. Haha.. kind of defeats the purpose of the online installer because you no doubt won't install all of the items that you found on the FreeBSD site. - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFIx4w6CkrZkzMC68RAlnTAJ4gS1C1vHH15yEH6uiN1KgC0R8IgwCeJfsE VUrADNgyDOZa7CkbtoORZBA= =c+R0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question about installing FreeBSD
Hi, I really hope that you're answering questions about installing FreeBSD, since I can't yet start threads on freebsdforum.org. My question is : I have downloaded the entire FreeBSD 6.1 (about 17,5 GB) and made a FREEBSD directory on one of my HDs and now trying to install BSD on the other. I'm booting from floppies and now can't understand why the sysinstall can't find the DOS partition on the slave. Is it because it's on a NTFS or what am I doing wrong? Thomas - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about installing FreeBSD
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:23:52AM -0700, Michael Christensen wrote: Hi, I really hope that you're answering questions about installing FreeBSD, since I can't yet start threads on freebsdforum.org. My question is : I have downloaded the entire FreeBSD 6.1 (about 17,5 GB) ... Odd. My FreeBSD installation CD doesn't span more than one CD. I'm booting from floppies and now can't understand why the sysinstall can't find the DOS partition on the slave. Is it because it's on a NTFS or what am I doing wrong? FreeBSD doesn't use DOS partitions. You need to make an unallocated partition for it to install to. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny - Kin Hubbard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question about installing FreeBSD
Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a Sharp PC-3070 Laptop, using the Backpak CD-ROM (external CD-ROM)? I have a clean 1.0 GB HD in it, and would like to try FreeBSD. Can the floppy/install system find, detect, and install the CD unit, or should I install DOS and the driver, and copy FreeBSD to the hard drive and run it? Thank You, Jon A Greenspon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
