Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 19:07:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Beau Giles <beau@webmaster.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960621190559.637A@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19960621185047710.AAA114@home>
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On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Beau Giles wrote: > I am attempting to load FreeBSD on a 486DX. I've created a boot > floppy using boot.flp file. Upon booting the machine I get the standard > expected message: > > >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/15360 k of memory > Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed. > Usage: [[fd(0,a)]/kernel][-abcCdhrsv] > Use ? fro file list or press Enter for defaults > > Boot: > > After waiting a few seconds the machine reboots itself and the same screen > appears again, and again, and again ... Using the ? option or the -c > options has proved to be useless. In fact typing anything is useless, since > pressing enter starts the process over again with no change. Could you > please give me some help as to where to go next. Sounds like a corrupted floppy. Here is my mantra of the week: 1) Did you use an ERROR-FREE floppy? 2) Did you ftp via BINARY mode? 3) Did you boot back to MS-DOS mode if running Win95? If any of these are "no", then rectify and try again. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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