Yes, I also had problems installing service release 2 to hd with the cd. It would hang after the first or second screen (I don't remember 100%, sorry). Never got to the graphical installer at any rate. I had to go back and install sr1. I wonder if it has anything to do with the unstable kernel. Nonetheless, it was a surprising disappointment after installing so many of the last versions flawlessly on this hardware. Jeff M.
On Saturday 04 March 2006 07:51, usul wrote: > I had a lot of the same kind of messages with > The cd install which is built on the disks imagine. > > Keep trying menu options combinations, eventually I got through them > And it installed. I can't remember which menu it was exactly > But I think it was the 3rd once (including my cd install) So it > Might only be your second. > > NOTE: no matter what I did to install VIM it didn't work > And it hung up the install process. Skip it copy the file later. > > I know this probably isn't much help. LOL. Good luck! > > Usul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher Drum > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:45 PM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Freedos-user] Problems with floppy disk installation > > I just downloaded the beta 9 floppy diskette images the other day. I > am installing onto a Toshiba Libretto 110CT which only has a floppy > drive attachment. The boot disk works just fine and it even went so > far as to properly format the hard drive and create a DOS partition. > It also seems to have done a proper installation of a barebones > bootable DOS on the hard drive. > > So far, so good. > > However, running the installer on the boot disk (which will > presumably prompt for the other installer disks so I can get more > robust functionality) produces a full page of text that goes by far > too quickly to read. The following screen says that "some files are > missing" and aborts the installation. Presumably the installer is > referring to itself, not my hard drive. > > Anyone have any ideas, or is the current floppy installer beta known > to have this issue? > > Christopher Drum > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into > this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121 >642 _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into > this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121 >642 _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Fine day for friends. So-so day for you. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
