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Date:      Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:38:16 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        prince@cent.com (Prince Emeka Uchendu)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <199507180108.KAA04482@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199507180019.TAA17269@cent.com> from "Prince Emeka Uchendu" at Jul 17, 95 07:19:21 pm

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Prince Emeka Uchendu stands accused of saying:
> 
> I just obtained the current FreeBSD files and I followed all the
> instructions to make a boot discket so that i can install the rest of the
> files from my hard disk subdirectory......I formated a 1.44k floppy and used
> the rawwrite.com utility to write all the BOOT.flp file to the floppy. I
> inserted the floppy in drive A: and reset the PC but it hangs at boot
> without any message...I would have just ordered the CDROM for a turnkey

I suspect that you used root.flp, not boot.flp.  The root.flp image should
probably have a baby bootloader program in the first sector that just
complains and hangs.

> Do you use FreeBSD on your system..or do you have any suggestions as to what
> my next step should be..

Well, hey no, we're just hangin' here looking' for some action...

> Thanks 

No sweat.  Let us know how you go.

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