Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:10:43 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: daniel <me@danielquinn.org> Subject: Re: cracked out floppy install Message-ID: <200502071810.44572.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org>
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On Monday 07 February 2005 06:07 pm, daniel wrote: > i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer > on and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the > thing boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie > prompt where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but > instead, it just reboots! > > i even went out and bought a new set of floppies and it still doesn't > work, so i'm posting here. suggestions? comments? here's my specs: > > amd-k6 133mhz > 16mb ram > 4gb hd You could try to use freebsd-4.11. I had the same problem with tying to boot an amd-k6 450mhz from a FreeBSD-5.3 cdrom, yet it worked fine from a 4.10 cdrom. -Mike
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