From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 29 20:42:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fingers.shocking.com (shocking.com [216.111.111.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73CC14EBC for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:42:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doemill@shocking.com) Received: from shocking.com (doemill@shocking.com [216.111.111.11]) by fingers.shocking.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id UAA02926; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:41:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug To: Michael & Sara & Emma Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD entirely from floppy In-Reply-To: <000001beda3a$45de2fa0$8a34d6d1@bellsouth.bellsouth.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Looks like it bombed when installing the kernel or the root partition got monkfoo'd ive done an installation from floppy's once, pack as many on a floppy that will fit, it was 6 if i recall, it's been a while.. But it will ask you for the sets.. but *.inf has to be on the FIRST floppy, or it will monkfoo On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Michael & Sara & Emma wrote: > I have (I think) installed successfully on my laptop. But during several > installs I cannot mount my DOS partition to access the SRC and BIN files. > > Now that I have finally made it all the way through a minimum install, when > I boot it can't find the kernel and I am left with a simple prompt > > boot: > > Any command I enter it tells me NO > > if I "?" then it lists my directories but I cannot get to them. Any help > would be great. > How do I set up the floppies for install? > And is the boot: prompt a system level or did the last install bomb out? > > Thanks > Michael > | Doug | unix9.org admin | shocking.com/~doemill/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message