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From: Assayer <labfire@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Can't boot with FTP floppies
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Hello:

I downloaded your FTP boot floppies for versions 4.6, then 4.6.2, and 4.7, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, used FDImage to put them on MSDos floppies but they failed to get an options screen after both disks were loaded.   Kern.flp loaded then the mfsroot.flp loaded but produced a boot prompt and nothing else, giving the message "No /boot/loader" and then "No /Kernel".   Hitting the "enter" key did nothing except repeat the boot prompt.

I then tried version Free BSD 4.4 floppy files from a CD, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, using FDImage, and they worked fine, putting me into an options screen for partitioning the hard drive.   I noticed the CD floppy files had a /sysinstall screen that the FTP floppies lacked.

Is part of the boot loader missing from your more recent version FTP floppy files?

I've tried everything, even reading the instructions, but nothing works except the earlier boot floppies from the CD.

Thanks for any ideas.

P. Reed
reedlab@mindspring.com

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