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#! rnews 2131 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!usenet From: nora ahmed-abdel-baki <nora@cam.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help a FreeBSD ignoramus... Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 21:05:03 -0800 Organization: n a a b Lines: 31 Message-ID: <32F814FF.145F@cam.org> References: <32F037FB.4D21@xmission.com> <5csshr$edp@susscsc1.rdg.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dynamicppp-42.hip.cam.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35164 Mark Blackman wrote: > > Tyler Schutjer (tschutj@xmission.com) wrote: > : I have the Walnut Creek CD, and have tried to execute the install.bat > : from Windows, but I get the message, "sorry, can't allocate enough > : memory." This is with 32MB of RAM, for crying out loud! So I try to run > : the batch from DOS, but I get the message, "can't switch to protected > : mode." > : So I try the boot floppy, which works, until I get to the point where I > : tell it that I want to install from a CD, and then I get some message > : telling me that it can't find my CD-ROM drive, which I know is there, > : cause Windows can see it. > : ARRRGH! > > : Any advice?? > Mebbe EMS driver (emm386.exe) is getting in the way of the install > program. pure speculation. Try booting up without any EMS. > > Mark I, too, am having a rough time with my installation. Whenever I select Media Type as CD-ROM, it claims to not be able to see it! I did the alternate install method (copy dists to C:\bsd and then run the install boot floppy) This worked, but bsd still cannot find my cdrom. HELP! TIA Nora