On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, scott mcclellan wrote: > I wrote an earlier thread with regards to installing via CD-ROM. > Unfortunately I think I have a hardware technical problem that's beyond > my intellect at this point. (Get a FAILURE error when the boot process > starts - the CD hadn't even started humming yet) > > I've started the installation process a couple of times with the > floppies. In fact, I must have something on the computer (meaning > FreeBSD of some sort) after having used the 'kern' and 'mfsroot' disks. > > My question is, "Do you need to load all the distribution files when it > asks you to, or is the OS actually on my system at this point, and I > just don't know what the heck (censored) I'm doing. To get clear what happens: 1) You push in your two installation floppies, 2) they are booted from 3) and you reach /stand/sysinstall Main Menu . 4) You select Standard installation and then?
Regards, Uli. > > My problem with the distribution downloads is I apparently have a couple > of bad disks, and each time the system finds that it can't access one of > the files, it shuts down the loading process. > > I've finally gotten smart and have vtty2 on the monitor so I can see > which disk goes awry, but this doesn't make the process go any easier, > since when the loading stops, I have to start the distribution download > all the way from the beginning again. Is there anyway to start the > distribution download process where it last left off? (This is why I was > hoping the CD-ROM route would work - unfortunately NOT!!) > > I hate beating myself up over this process, but I'm beginning to feel > like the ULTIMATE NEWBIE with this. > > Someone toss me a preserver. > > Scott McClellan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > +-----------------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-----------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
