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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!news.grnet.gr!btnet-feed2!btnet!netcom.net.uk!easynet-uk!newsfeed.easynet.co.uk!news.nacamar.de!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!praline.no.neosoft.com!not-for-mail From: conrads@praline.no.neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: neosoft.users.freebsd,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: HOORAY!!! (was Re: Free BSD trouble) Date: 31 Jan 1997 23:52:24 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. (Houston Based Internet Service Provider) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5culmo$6eu@praline.no.neosoft.com> References: <32EAF919.17A0@neosoft.com> <5crd6v$6tt@uuneo.neosoft.com> <5cre7m$h5@bonkers.taronga.com> <5ctu5m$5ed@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.160.253 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34906 I'm very happy to report that I'm back in business with FreeBSD 2.1.6! And it's working great, too! I finally realized what I needed to do to get it to install from DOS. Ran Partition Magic and created a second DOS partition just big enough to hold all the dists. Restarted Windows 95 in "step-by-step" mode, disabling all memory management programs, and the install went off without a hitch. Even got my X working OK now (although I still have my work cut out for me to get it back to where it was; running twm right now; yuck!). With my recompiled kernel, sysinstall now goes straight for the CD-ROM for packages, etc. Finally it's working the way it should! Excellent! I am pleased. :-) Conrad, who will sleep well tonight now that his FreeBSD is back up -- Conrad Sabatier -- conrads@new-orleans.neosoft.com