Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:37:07 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> To: Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/16901: cannot boot 3.4 floppies Message-ID: <20000606103707.J17973@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000606091009.007eb530@pop.interaccess.com>; from dragona@interaccess.com on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 09:10:09AM -0500 References: <200006060927.CAA90588@freefall.freebsd.org> <3.0.6.32.20000606091009.007eb530@pop.interaccess.com>
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* Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com> [000606 07:12] wrote: > Yes, other bootable floppies boot. I can boot MS-DOS, etc. > > In fact the FreeBSD bootstrap loads from the floppy, but the hardware > discovery doesn't list the floppy drive as present, so it can't load the > kernel from the floppy. This is as far as it gets in the boot process. Ok, you're saying that the loader can't find the floppy disk drive? Or that the kernel boots (you see high intensity white probe messages) but the floppy is not detected? Can you try hitting spacebar at the 10 second countdown and typing 'ls'? thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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