From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 02:06:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FD316A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:06:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B7E943D4C for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:06:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@danielquinn.org) Received: from unknown (HELO moulinrouge.danielquinn.org) (dquinnc383@69.195.22.206 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Feb 2005 02:06:48 -0000 From: daniel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:07:34 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3728875.xWRtoOjOXK"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> Subject: cracked out floppy install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:06:49 -0000 --nextPart3728875.xWRtoOjOXK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer on and = off=20 for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the thing boot and each a= nd=20 every time, it'll get to the little beastie prompt where it counts down and= =20 is *supposed* to run sysinst but instead, it just reboots! i even went out and bought a new set of floppies and it still doesn't work,= so=20 i'm posting here. suggestions? comments? here's my specs: amd-k6 133mhz 16mb ram 4gb hd =2D-=20 money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. the more a man has, the more he wants. instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. - ben franklin --nextPart3728875.xWRtoOjOXK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCCB7qE2ItINqYvOARAlvJAJ4qdg0yQZHqmNngo+DzfibVTXSFOACfUmXl Diu1Zcls7PKs2Jvh6fBYRzA= =qYi2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3728875.xWRtoOjOXK--