Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:17:58 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Bob Foxworth <bfoxworth@fortresstech.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrom won't boot in DFI/AMD-K6 intel system Message-ID: <20001101141757.A7636@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3FB745643803D311A840006097A10D0F2E758E@VIKING>; from bfoxworth@fortresstech.com on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 12:17:51PM -0500 References: <3FB745643803D311A840006097A10D0F2E758E@VIKING>
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Bob, > At boot I get the following: > > -------begin screen info--------------------- > > verifying DMI pool data.... > > Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: < i hit enter > > 1. FD 2.88 MB System Type -(00) > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: < i hit enter again > > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > --------------------------end of screen info------------ The 2.88 MB is because bootable CDROM's work (and this is vastly oversimplified, and I could be talking out of my hat) by having the first part of the disc act like a 2.88 MB floppy, as far as the booting sequence is concerned. The system isn't hung there, it didn't detect a keyboard, thus it is booting up and displaying (and waiting for input) on the serial port. I've had a few systems that have done that, I think one of them I got to work by using a few-week-old (at the time) 5.0-CURRENT snapshot floppy set, which detected the keyboard, and then installing from 4.1 media with it. Or, hook up a serial console to a terminal or another computer (I use a few VT102's I have around), and install that way. Swap keyboards, swap boot floppies, all that fun joyous stuff. Maybe try downloading the 4.1 boot floppies, and use them with the 4.0 CD? Plenty of permutations to try, but at least one of them should work. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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