From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 14 13:10:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08984 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:10:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sun25.interpath.net (sun25.interpath.net [199.72.1.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08977 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:10:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from skovian@interpath.com) Received: from michael.rcsal.com ([207.59.122.2]) by sun25.interpath.net (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with SMTP id AAA2B68 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:09:43 -0500 Message-ID: <369E5F5C.7FF1@interpath.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:19:24 -0500 From: Michael Jaskowiak Reply-To: skovian@interpath.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bootable floppy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, My name is Michael Jaskowiak and I have been using FreeBSD for about two years. I am trying to make a FreeBSD bootable disk (2.2.8) that will allow me to mount a CD and untar files from it. Before going further, I will add that I have had no luck whatsoever with the PicoBSD floppies of any version. When I try to make them, I can never get them to boot. Anyway, the floppy that I am trying to build is the same one that is in the handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook139.html#267). The only things that I have changed are the names of the devices. I am using IDE stuff and not SCSI. The kernel compiles OK and I can get it to the floppy, I can type in '-s' at the 'boot:' prompt, it probes the required devices, and then it does nothing. I don't get any kind of login prompt, nothing telling me to hit enter for /bin/sh, or anything. Nothing happens when I hit enter or any of the other keys. I have tried making this disk on different computers that run 2.2.5, 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 with the same results. Is there something that is not on that page? What could I be doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message