Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:19:02 -0500 (EST) From: matthew <matthew@netway.com> To: Brent Bowman <bbowman@vistacraft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install on 486 with floppy reboots after mfsroot Message-ID: <20040211211724.X10036@admin1.mdc.net> In-Reply-To: <402C33B7.4000905@vistacraft.com> References: <402C33B7.4000905@vistacraft.com>
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Brent Bowman wrote: > > Hello all, I've got a question about the install of the current FreeBSD. > > I am using the floppy install, and I dd (I'm a linux user) both the > kern.flp and mfsroot.flp onto floppies, then I follow the instructions > on this site: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-start.h= tml > > I get to the end of step "2.3.1.1 Booting for the i386=99" where it > tells to boot the kernel and no matter what I do, it just reboots the > computer! Therefore it looses whatever it tried to put in memory and > starts over again. How can I get it to go to the kernel setup? > > My Hardware: > IBM PS/Valuepoint 486 33MHz > 8 MB RAM > 2 x 212MB HD > 3-COM network card > no CDROM > > Thanks, Any help would be appreciated > This might sound silly, but I would download the *.flp again. I would find two different floppy disks and use those. I think the FreeBSD handbook even says to try it 2-4 times before asking. Floppies are just that bad. Maybe it will help, maybe it wont. Good luck. m > Brent > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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