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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!metro.atlanta.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.250.1.21!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!michael From: streeter@netspace.net.au (Michael Streeter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem installing freebsd 2.1.7 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 00:10:31 GMT Organization: Netspace Online Systems Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5ga1h6$e0b$1@otis.netspace.net.au> References: <33285A05.4C42@eit.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-m1-42.sydney.netspace.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37017 In article <33285A05.4C42@eit.com>, Sreenath Battalahalli <sreenath@eit.com> wrote: >I down loaded all files from bin directory to floppies, as well as boot >floppy. I created the partitions required and started installing. The >message comes up saying that the distribution media I have chosen does >not possibly have the bin stuff. > >2. I created freebsd\bin directory on DOS partition, and copied all files >from the floppies to that directory, and chose DOS partition as >installation media. Then also I got message saying that it was unable to >find the BIN files. > >I created the boot floppy using rawwrite utility, and I am able to boot >with that floppy. > I had exactly the same problems with a floppy install and eventually gave up and did an FTP install. After numerous connections to my ISP i eventually got it to work once (and only once) but it only installed the bare minimum packages despite the fact that i selected the XFree86 packages during the setup procedure. Subsequent attempts to install extra packages by ftp are failing constanty. I can connect to the FTP site and get the index of available packages but when it tries to install them it says that the requested packages aren't available on this FTP site. I have tried connecting to about 6 different FTP sites including FreeBsd's own site and still have the same problem. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks. Michael Streeter. streeter@netspace.net.au