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From: "John Straiton" <jks@clickcom.com>
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Subject: Install Floppy set failing
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:31:07 -0500
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I couldn't search -questions cause the search tool is borked apparently
(None of the archives you requested (freebsd-questions) are available at
this time), so here goes:

Ok, so I went to ftp.freebsd.org , downloaded the 4.4-RELEASE floppy
set, and the fdimage.exe tool. Then I went to my Win98 machine and used
fdimage (tried rarwrite too) to write out the image files. No errors
using either tool. 

I booted the machine using the KERN.FLP image floppy and things went
well...got to the "Please insert the MFSROOT floppy" message and did so.
Then it got to the  countdown to loading the kernel, followed by a big
fat

No /boot/loader
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
boot:
No /kernel

>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
boot:

Now I've used the boot floppies before (3.x & 4.1) but I haven't ever
seen this error, or tried the 4.4 set.

Suggestions?
John


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