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mrk0dy@gmail.com
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:
freeBSD installation problems...
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a problem I'm having.
I'm trying to install freebsd on a seperate partion on a system already
running windows xp. I have the installation CD's for the current
release of freebsd andeverything goes fine until the actual
installation starts. I get an error about my CD-ROM not working. It
boots from the CD fine, but doesn't get past the beginning of
installation. I tried installing from a DOS partition but the
installation program keeps telling me there are no existing primary dos
partitions, so this is not an option. Is there a way I can create a
partition with the installation files so that the freebsd installation
will recognize it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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André Gulliksen
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Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:
Re: freeBSD installation problems...
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mrk0dy@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I'm trying to install freebsd on a seperate partion on a system
already running windows xp. I have the installation CD's for the
current release of freebsd andeverything goes fine until the actual
installation starts. I get an error about my CD-ROM not working. It
boots from the CD fine, but doesn't get past the beginning of
installation. I tried installing from a DOS partition but the
installation program keeps telling me there are no existing primary
dos partitions, so this is not an option. Is there a way I can
create a partition with the installation files so that the freebsd
installation will recognize it?
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If you have a decent bandwidth you might as well go for an FTP install. It
will take longer than a CD install, but it _will_ work. Alternatively, if
you have a spare computer, set up a local FTP or NFS server.
And of course, did you try other CD-ROM drives or to burn another set of
CDs? And for your DOS partition, are you sure you made it primary? And what
tools did you use to create the partition and copy the installation
packages? |
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André Gulliksen
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:
Re: freeBSD installation problems...
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mrk0dy@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I'm not sure if I did the DOS partition correctly, I used fdisk to
partition it, but then formatted it in windows (wasn't sure how to
format it otherwise).
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If you mean the MS-DOS/Win95/Win98/WinME fdisk then this most likely created
a logical partition. If you have Windows 2000 or XP it is easy to create and
format a primary FAT partition on your drive using Disk Management (run
'diskmgmt.smc'). If a DOS-based OS is your only option then you need a
better partitioning tool than fdisk. I recommend http://www.ranish.com/part/
which is free and works just fine. Put it on an MS-DOS/Win9x boot disk and
run it from there.
| Quote: | As for FTP, I do have very good bandwidth, but
I'm not sure how an ftp install is done exactly.
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This is not harder than CD-based install. Choose FTP, select a mirror
(preferably one that is relatively close to you geographically), and away
you go. I recommend trying. |
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mrk0dy@gmail.com
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 11 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject:
Re: freeBSD installation problems...
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André Gulliksen wrote:
| Quote: | If you have a decent bandwidth you might as well go for an FTP
install. It
will take longer than a CD install, but it _will_ work.
Alternatively, if
you have a spare computer, set up a local FTP or NFS server.
And of course, did you try other CD-ROM drives or to burn another set
of
CDs? And for your DOS partition, are you sure you made it primary?
And what
tools did you use to create the partition and copy the installation
packages?
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It was the second set of CDs, reburning was the first thing I tried.
I'm not sure if I did the DOS partition correctly, I used fdisk to
partition it, but then formatted it in windows (wasn't sure how to
format it otherwise). As for FTP, I do have very good bandwidth, but
I'm not sure how an ftp install is done exactly. |
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mrk0dy@gmail.com
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 11 Feb 2005
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:
Re: freeBSD installation problems...
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Going to retry the partioning and installing from there. If that
doesn't work I'll try the ftp option. Thanks for the help, I'll report
back in a bit.
André Gulliksen wrote:
| Quote: | mrk0dy@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not sure if I did the DOS partition correctly, I used fdisk to
partition it, but then formatted it in windows (wasn't sure how to
format it otherwise).
If you mean the MS-DOS/Win95/Win98/WinME fdisk then this most likely
created
a logical partition. If you have Windows 2000 or XP it is easy to
create and
format a primary FAT partition on your drive using Disk Management
(run
'diskmgmt.smc'). If a DOS-based OS is your only option then you need
a
better partitioning tool than fdisk. I recommend
http://www.ranish.com/part/
which is free and works just fine. Put it on an MS-DOS/Win9x boot
disk and
run it from there.
As for FTP, I do have very good bandwidth, but
I'm not sure how an ftp install is done exactly.
This is not harder than CD-based install. Choose FTP, select a mirror
(preferably one that is relatively close to you geographically), and
away
you go. I recommend trying. |
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mrk0dy@gmail.com
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 11 Feb 2005
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:
Re: freeBSD installation problems...
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Thanks a bunch! I didn't format the drive to FAT and the installer
didn't recognize it, so I redid it and it went through perfectly. I
must admit though, booting it to it was quite frightening, never used
anything other than windows before. Anyway.. Thanks again!
-keith |
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