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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!not-for-mail From: ccdw@kudu.ru.ac.za (Dave Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Failed to load ROOT Date: 17 Apr 1997 10:14:34 +0200 Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5j4m5a$rhm@kudu.ru.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: kudu.ru.ac.za Keywords: ROOT distribution Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39200 I've xcopied everything off a 2.1 cdrom onto my DOS c: drive (into a 'freebsd' directory), but when I run the install I get the following error: "Failed to load the ROOT distribution". I'm using an 2.1 GB IDE drive, with an 800MB DOS partition and the rest for FreeBSD. I have set the appropriate disk geometry (although I don't think the problem is in this area). I've also checked the install docs and the faqs, but no pointers there. Any help much appreciated. Dave -- Dave Wilson Director, Information Technology Division Phone: +27-(0)461-318279 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Fax: +27-(0)461-25049