From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 23:47:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61D737B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:47:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from sffwd0.suedfactoring.de (port-212-202-224-251.reverse.qsc.de [212.202.224.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B71643E91 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:47:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de) Received: from pcs28 (pcs28.SUEDFAC.COM [10.2.1.228]) by sffwd0.suedfactoring.de (8.12.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with SMTP id gAM7RaFs001561; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:27:45 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:50:00 +0100 From: Axel Gruner To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD ISO Images Message-Id: <20021122085000.605cceaf.axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de> In-Reply-To: <20021122060809.GB65947@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20021121154828.GA76618@ns2.wananchi.com> <20021121162848.GA5250@anand.org> <20021122060809.GB65947@ns2.wananchi.com> Reply-To: axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de Organization: suedfactoring GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-suse-linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hiho. On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:08:09 +0300 Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Turns out that the image is good but I am as stupid as the IBM Aptiva > that was giving the "no kernel" message, in that I did not test the > image on a different machine. I am amazed no flames came my way ;) > Anyone knows some howto about the IBM Aptiva refusing to boot of the > CD?? It is a problem with the FreeBSD BTX Loader, imho. With the old one loading scheme, a lot BIOSes getting in trouble and will yhow you the message you have seen. I had that problem with an Acer Travelmate 512T. The only way to install FreeBSD on this Laptop was via Floppy (you can find them on the FTP Server). With FreeBSD-Current snapshot and FreeBSD-DP2 you can also boot from the CD, the loader changed. Try them out, or use the two installation floppies if you want ro run FreeBSD < DP2. hth asg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message