From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 29 8:59:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B0215876 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:42:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA80447; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:40:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <01a901bf0a91$0f9dd1c0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Reply-To: "Alejandro Ramirez" From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Sheldon Hearn" , "e l l e :)" Cc: References: <1310.938601720@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Subject: RE: FreeBSD install Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:41:07 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > This takes me to some foreign place where it reads, "Hit A to boot > > from a:" so I do that, after sticking in the kern.flp floppy in a. > > This is also not something I've seen with FreeBSD installs, so it's > probably _also_ something specific to your computer. She must probably has an MBR Manager to support some kind of disk, and this manager its the one that shows the "Hit A to boot from a:" thing, so I suggest to "Back Up" all the important data of your disk, and try something like a:\fdisk /mbr to restore a normal MBR to the disk, and try again. BTW All the information and the Windos stuff will be lost. Have Fun... Ales > > > You can tell that the a: is being read briefly, and then the words, > > "starting win 95" shows up on the screen. > > If I had to guess, I'd say your computer does some odd stuff when trying > to boot off a floppy and probably expects to find certain stuff on the > floppy that it's not finding. So it assumes the diskette isn't bootable > and skips it. > > I'd suggest that you either post to the list more information about the > kind of computer you're using, or ask someone who knows the computer > what's going on. > > Good luck! > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message