Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:30:08 -0500 From: "Stephen C. Comoletti" <stevec@delanet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AGAIN 3.1-RELEASE and boot.flp Message-ID: <36CDC9D0.FE3D5FF4@delanet.com> References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5F10@site2s1>
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I've had this problem occur to me with the 3.1 release boot floppy (multiple copies of it had the same error). In all cases, a reboot of the machine and starting over corrected the problem for me. This occured on multiple machines as well. So I know it was not just a mis-configuration or odd hardware. The two systems I've had this occur on are vastly different. -- Stephen C. Comoletti Asst. Systems Administrator DELANET, Inc. http://www.delanet.com TEL: (302) 326-5800, FAX: (302) 326-5802 Christopher Michaels wrote: > > Are you sure the floppy is free of errors? I had a similar problem with the > 3.0 boot floppy and it turned out that the floppy had bad sectors. Run a > good old fashioned format on the disk if you're not sure. > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wildcardus freakis [SMTP:wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us] > > Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 1:55 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: AGAIN 3.1-RELEASE and boot.flp > > > > > > Sorry haven't gotten ANY messages from Freebsd-questions which is > > wierd...cause usually I'm flooded...So I'm reposting. > > > > tried someones idea of typing "boot" but to no help... > > > > I have a clean 2.1G drive and it's a p-133 it doesn't have duel partitions > > or anything...I want to dangerously dedicate this machine to FreeBSD. > > > > The prompt is: > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > > boot: > > > > As I stated below I have tried /kernel, /kernel.gz, /mfsroot, /mfsroot.gz, > > and now I have tried boot, show, and ? > > all I get is: > > No kernel > > No mfsroot > > No Show > > No Boot > > or Invalid format > > > > > > Thanks > > SAsha > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool...I dl'd the 3.1-RELEASE floppies and am now sitting in front > > > of a boot prompt...I read the README.TXT with the floppies and it says > > > nothing about booting options/variables/etc.... > > > > > > I tried the usual method 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > > > /kernel.gz > > > /mfsroot > > > /mfsroot.gz > > > > > > so...(for lack of better formulation of a question) What do I type next? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sasha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > > GCM/CS/CC/GO d--- s: a--- C+++(++++) ULB+++(++++) P+ L++(+++) E--- > > W+(++) N+ O > > > K---- W---- O M-- V PS! PE! Y++ PGP++(+++) t++:+++> 5++ X++@ R+@ tv++ > > b++:+++> DDI+++ D++ G++:+++> e:+> h*:++@ r- !y+ > > > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > > www.geekcode.com > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > > Version: 2.6.2 > > > > > > mQCNAza/c7UAAAEEAOmJDB7LkJqynF6nlLRNTLPq23PKnU5G+mNCACKJBlzwJuQ8 > > > tohYSan+4QKY0l6Ton547LU/r49YNIx8tqACfLhbyMWiumOL1cRCYMufCnjEeWDa > > > d73LbKRvHgyMcGopiAIqLk7ieJ/Xc6joVN3GojpM3Zoy96dSUyTheUku+Y9tAAUR > > > tB93aWxkY2FyZEBpbi1kYXguYmVsZW4uazEyLm5tLnVz > > > =UM6D > > > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > > > > > This is the way the world ends > > > This is the way the world ends > > > This is the way the world ends > > > Not with a Bang, but with a whimper. > > > > 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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