Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:33:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Mark Powell <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.3 CD (Sep 30) won't boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911190930020.97235-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <rd6u2mj4cx5.fsf@world.std.com>
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On 18 Nov 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Mark Powell <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk> writes: > > > then hangs. The machine can be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL. Win98 and > > Redhat 6.1 boot just fine from CD on the same machine. Surely, FreeBSD > > should do the same? > > Cheers. > > It should, it doesn't, it's a bug, it's in the release errata, Yeah, I've seen the errata. That's why I'm using the later version of the 3.3 CD. However, that too does not work. The errata states that the original 3.3 CD fails to boot on ATAPI CDROMS, but works on SCSI. I am using the later version of the CD and SCSI, but it still does not work. The errata is wrong. > workarounds include booting from floppies or starting the boot from > the second CD. Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - Clifford Whitworth Building A.I.S., University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK. Tel: +44 161 295 5936 Fax: +44 161 295 5888 www.pgp.com for PGP key M.S.Powell@ais.salfrd.ac.uk (spell salford correctly to reply to me) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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