From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Oct 17 14:15:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABBDC37B404 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2036943E65 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:15:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP id MUA74016; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:15:32 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8AF5D03; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:15:31 -0700 (PDT) To: "Alex Hollerith" Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting from cd-rom In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:51:04 +0200." <20021017205104.M1344@hollerith.net> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:15:31 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20021017211531.BC8AF5D03@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: "Alex Hollerith" > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:51:04 +0200 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > hi, > > i'm trying to boot and install freebsd 4.7 from cd-rom on my laptop. > the loader stops with "can't work out...". > > is there a way (e.g. by setting loader parameters) to get things > going or should i just give up? You did not give us much to go on. Model of laptop and details on the full message would help a bit. If the laptop has a floppy, you might want to try booting that way and seeing if the kernel on the floppy can talk to the CD. If so, you can just tell it to install from the CD. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message