Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 00:22:03 +0000 From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: miltonott <miltonott@fastmail.com>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso does not boot Message-ID: <YTOPR0101MB1162385A67FD99CD1109F166DDAE0@YTOPR0101MB1162.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> In-Reply-To: <201812020807.wB287qUS024494@euler.miltonslab.com> References: 201812020317.wB23HQIB023501@euler.miltonslab.com, <201812020807.wB287qUS024494@euler.miltonslab.com>
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miltonott wrote: >>On Sat Dec 1 21:51:05 UTC 2018 CenturyLink Customer wrote: >>> Hello all:Sorry, this old Pentium 4 refurbished test machine has been = obstinate >>> during ALPHA, BETA, and now RC.I had a workaround using the BTX bootloa= der from >>> ALPHA8 and pasted it into BETA3; meanwhile,remastering the .iso disk a= fterwards. I have booted a FreeBSD-12.0-RC2-i386-bootonly.iso disk on a Pentium 4 without difficulty. For RC2, the "..disc1.iso" looked too big for a 700Mbyt= e CD. (I haven't tried RC3, but I doubt there is much difference?) >> miltonott wrote: >> My lord, I send greetings. I have a mind to try FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-d= isc1.iso, >> and willingness to report back my experience. The get-at-able hardwa= re gives: >> 686 class Pentium 4 (socket 775), 686 class Celeron (socket 370). > > My guvnor, I have zero writable cd media at this time. I grabbed the = dvd iso: >FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso. I can say the boot run its course and ser= ved up a >login prompt with considerable aplomb. The contents of /var/run/dmesg.boo= t can >be >viewed at ` http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=3Dview&id=3D4625 `. rick ps: For Release candidates, it is probably better to post to freebsd-curren= t@.
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