Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:44:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: David Larkin <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Nick.Hibma@jrc.it Subject: Re: Fixit floppy 2.2.5 can't find file boot.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980813144301.1758A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808131309420.11633-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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you need to boot the BOOT floppy and then swap to the fixit floppy AFTER selecting the "Fixit" entry in the menu. The fixit floppy has no kernel. On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, David Larkin wrote: > > > I'm trying to boot the fixit floppy for 2.2.5 but I'm having a problem > > > > I created a floppy in DOS > > > tools\rawrite floppies\boot.flp > > > > but when I boot the floppy I get > > > > Can't find file > > boot.conf > > boot.help > > > > FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000 .......... > > Boot default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel > > > > boot: > > Can't find kernel > > > > I've created 3 floppies, and tried them on 2 machines with same result > > I've also created a boot floppy and that works fine > > > > Any ideas what's going wrong ? > > Redownload the image, for some reason it got past the boot blocks but > that's it. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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