Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:01:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD-Alpha <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PC164SX/booting the floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908222359370.49952-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199908230354.UAA00910@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > I want to do a floppy disk/nfs install (using my 10BaseT ethernet card > > and my second machine rigth next to it with the latest snap loaded), > > but I've never seen the screen I'm looking at before, which is a GUI > > representation with many different options. There isn't, as far as I > > can see, any command line I can tell it to boot a kernel from. > > > > I was able to use the GUI to select the SRM console (that much was easy) > > but I don't know what to do now, and the INSTALL.TXT isn't any help on > > this. > > > > Does anyone who has a PC164 know what I mean, and know what I should do > > to get this thing booted? > > 'boot dva0' Mike, there isn't any command prompt to issue this at! I have a nice GUI, what do I do with it? Where's the missing command line? Fie on anyone who makes a computer boot into a GUI. > > -- > \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith > \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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