From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 29 11:40:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA07878 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:40:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from keywest.ird.rl.af.mil (KEYWEST.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA07820 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:39:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from goeringerm@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil) Received: by keywest.ird.rl.af.mil with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BCE478.F9BB2050@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:43:09 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Goeringer, Michael" To: "'Doug White'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: 2.2.5 Unable to boot floppy Image Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:43:07 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've downloaded the image 3 times now... all are the same (correct) size. All perform the same... Hmmmmm very confusing... I'll go back and reboot with my 2.2.1 floppy just as an integrity check. Michael G. >---------- >From: Doug White[SMTP:dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 1:44 PM >To: Goeringer, Michael >Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' >Subject: Re: 2.2.5 Unable to boot floppy Image > >On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Goeringer, Michael wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I"ve had a 2.2.1 system running on a thinkpad without problems, >> however; on installing 2.2.5 (fressh install) I am unable to boot the >> floopy disk image. I get the following error >> >> can't find file boot.config >> can't find file boot.help >> >> >> FreeBSd BOOT @ 0x10000: 639/19648 of memory, internal console >> Boot default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel >> >> Boot: >> can't find kernel >> << >> >> Any suggestions? > >This is trying to boot the *floppy*? Try remaking your image, it looks >like only the bootblocks made it. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking >Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > >