Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 02:26:28 -0500 From: Scott Corey <Scott@bsdprophet.org> To: arvind singh <singh_a@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem.. Message-ID: <3B91DF24.2E967933@bsdprophet.org> References: <F217kyqU7a0xtAEHLB800001f43@hotmail.com>
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Right from the "INSTALL.TXT" file of 3.3-RELEASE: "FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard drive space for the most minimal installation." arvind singh wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to free bsd and I am trying to boot a 486DX with 4mb RAM > machine with floppies for FreeBSD3.3. > So you need to get more ram. At least for the install. > It loads the kernel and then asks for the second floppy and then > simply gets stuck at boot prompt with message No /kernel found. Also you might want to remake the images of the floppies, i.e. kern.flp & mfsroot.flp. Also reformat your floppies first then write the images over. > > default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > Am I missing something here? > Thanks in advance. > > -Arvind > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe > freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- bsd is the life blood of the internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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