From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 17:54:27 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA02898 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:54:27 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA02892 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:54:23 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA04482; Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:38:16 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199507180108.KAA04482@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: your mail To: prince@cent.com (Prince Emeka Uchendu) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:38:16 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199507180019.TAA17269@cent.com> from "Prince Emeka Uchendu" at Jul 17, 95 07:19:21 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1261 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[