Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:39:08 -0400 From: Raymond Law <rlaw@vt.edu> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Install Release 4.3 Message-ID: <4.3.0.20010824033814.030ba410@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <003301c12c5b$a2704f80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <4.3.0.20010823125730.03dad870@127.0.0.1>
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I tried but it was still the same. Can you be more detailed in explaining what the problem is and how it can be fixed? Thank you. Ray, At 10:14 PM 8/23/01 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >Try clearing the disk and putting a 2-4 MB DOS partition on the disk >then installing FreeBSD after it. Some of those systems had very >agressive BIOS's that would only allow annointed OS's to write to the >boot sectors, as a kind of defence against people leaving floppies >infected with viruses in the floppy drive. > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Raymond Law > >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:02 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Install Release 4.3 > > > > > >I recently grabbed an old packard bell and tried to install 4.3 on > >it. Everything went well until after the "last chance" prompt. After > >writing the partion info to the drive, it says: "without my init...panic > >going nowhere...syncing disk" in white text in black background overlapping > >with the Sysinstall. And then it reboots. Anyone has any idea? > > > >Thanks. > >Ray, > > > > > >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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