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From: "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com>
To: "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: Kern.flp
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:27:53 -0700
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> >
> > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Wells wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to install 4.5 release on a second machine replacing
> > > > a Linux installation.  I used the same process as the first
> > > > machine a former win2k box.  This time I am having problems
> > > > with the bootdisks.  The system refuses to accept the
> > > > kern.flp disk as a boot disk.  Any ideas on what could cause
> > > > this?
> > >
> > > Faulty disk or drive.  Floppy disks are at the end of their
> > > technological lifespan and many of the disks and drive units
> > > become spontaneously faulty.  Try a different disk and make sure
> > > you can boot the FreeBSD installer off a different machine to
> > > eliminate the possibility of drive faults.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bill.
>
> > Thanks for the responce.  I wish the problem was this simple.
> > I have replaced the FD drive, the cable and new disks with no
> > success.  It turns out though that I can not load any other
> > boot disk either.  I wish that you could make a bootable
> > CD instead of the floppies.
>
> Does your BIOS allow you to choose what you'll boot from?  What does
> it say?

Yeah I have it set to boot from floppy first.  I also tried setting boot
from floopy only.
Currently the machine loaded with Linux and I can not even mount the drive.
Being that it's all new in that area, I am confused.

>
> I'm no expert, but the FreeBSD CD sets come with a bootable fixit CD,
> so perhaps it *is* possible for you to make one.

I will have to check into this one..
Thanks!
>
> Jud
>
> Jud
>


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