Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:33:02 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Brent Bowman <bbowman@vistacraft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install on 486 with floppy reboots after mfsroot Message-ID: <20040211203010.E60019@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <402C33B7.4000905@vistacraft.com> References: <402C33B7.4000905@vistacraft.com>
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Brent Bowman wrote: > 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 ^^^^^^^^^^ This is likely the problem. The install needs more than 8M, somewhere between 12 and 16M last I heard. If it helps, I have a Valuepoint 486 DX2/66 with 32M of RAM that runs 4.8 flawlessly. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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