From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 4 15: 4: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from services.webwarrior.net (overlord-host99.dsl.visi.com [209.98.86.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDA737B405 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:03:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from twincat.vladsempire.net (hutch-254.hutchtel.net [206.10.67.182]) by services.webwarrior.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3173B31C for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:03:52 -0600 (CST) Received: by twincat.vladsempire.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 33A44385E; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:03:58 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:03:58 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel To: John Straiton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Floppy set failing Message-ID: <20011204170358.E446@twincat.vladsempire.net> Mail-Followup-To: John Straiton , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <006501c17d0a$fcc5c910$4116c60a@win2k.clickcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <006501c17d0a$fcc5c910$4116c60a@win2k.clickcom.com>; from jks@clickcom.com on Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:31:07PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:31:07PM -0500, John Straiton wrote: > I couldn't search -questions cause the search tool is borked apparently > (None of the archives you requested (freebsd-questions) are available at > this time), so here goes: > > Ok, so I went to ftp.freebsd.org , downloaded the 4.4-RELEASE floppy > set, and the fdimage.exe tool. Then I went to my Win98 machine and used > fdimage (tried rarwrite too) to write out the image files. No errors > using either tool. > > I booted the machine using the KERN.FLP image floppy and things went > well...got to the "Please insert the MFSROOT floppy" message and did so. > Then it got to the countdown to loading the kernel, followed by a big > fat > > No /boot/loader > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > boot: > No /kernel > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > Now I've used the boot floppies before (3.x & 4.1) but I haven't ever > seen this error, or tried the 4.4 set. > > Suggestions? > John Try making using different floppies to make the boot disks. Even so called new floppies can be problamatic with these images. I always have the best luck when I create and then read the floppies using the same drive. Must have something to do with the fact that they use every byte on the goofy things. ;) Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message