More precisely. I do select the elements I want (All and then Exit and
then Install from CD-ROM and then some files flash before my eyes and then I
come to a screen that says: User Confirmation Requested and below that
Unable to transfer the base distribution from adc0 and on the next line Do
you want to try to retrieve it again? and then at the bottom Yes or No and
I can never retrieve it successfully or exit successfully. Thanks again for
your help.
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From: Joseph Eaton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:56:49 PM
Subject: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop
Thanks in advance for your help. I am a newbie trying to install FreeBSD for
the first time. I have an HP desktop computer with 64MB of SDRAM, a 12 GB hard
drive and a Pentium II processor running at 333 MHz. I am trying to put
FreeBSD 6.2 on this machine but have not had any luck. I've read the
documentation, but stil can't seem to figure out what to do.
I downloaded the ISO mage for the bootonly disk and checked that it using
checksum.md5, then burned a disk image using InfrRecorder to a fresh CD-R. I
set the bios on my HP to boot from the CDROM drive and put the disk in. It
walks me through the installation process but never gives me a chance
to exit. I select the Standard installation but get stuck shortly thereafter
when I try to tell it to use the option to set up for a single user using the
X-Window system. It won't let me select multiple elements like bin and
library. I get stuck and then it never completes and won't let me out of the
setup screen series.
Please let me know if I am not providing enough information above. I welcome
any help. Thanks.
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