From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 23 14:57:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE97037B422 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:57:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00235; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:57:06 -0700 Message-ID: <39A448B2.BD5BABA7@urx.com> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:57:06 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amir Hardon Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation References: <000401c00d55$0f2d9280$1e81003e@laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Amir Hardon wrote: > > Well, in the BIOS boot sequence the floppy is first, > I tried replacing the FreeBSD floppy wth Windows98 floppy and the 98 floppy > booted. Did you insert the floppy containing kern.flp first? Kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Stewart > To: Amir Hardon > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Date: יום רביעי 23 אוגוסט 2000 23:47 > Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation > > > > > > >Amir Hardon wrote: > >> > >> There is no error message, the computer simply boots into the current > >> installed system. > >> I'm made the kernerl floppy ut of kern.flp found in the floppies > directory > >> on the CD, > >> I burned the CD out of a iso file that I downloaded in binary mode. > > > >It sounds like your bios is set to boot from you HD. I tried making > >the floppies from the 4.1-iso I downloaded and they booted my system > >just fine. > > > >Kent > > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Alfred Perlstein > >> To: Amir Hardon > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Date: ??? ????? 23 ?????? 2000 23:33 > >> Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation > >> > >> >* Amir Hardon [000823 14:18] wrote: > >> >> Hello all, > >> >> I downloaded FreeBSD 4.1 iso image, and burned it. > >> >> I can't boot from the CD, > >> >> so I created boot floppies but the kernel floopy doesn't boot. > >> >> What should I do? > >> > > >> >What kernel boot floppy? Where did you get it from? Are you > >> >sure you downloaded it in binary mode? What size is it and what > >> >is it's name? > >> > > >> >-Alfred > >> > > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >-- > >Kent Stewart > >Richland, WA > > > >mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > >http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > >FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message