From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 24 0:31:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu (lennier.cc.vt.edu [198.82.162.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3389937B409 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:31:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rlaw@vt.edu) Received: from steiner.cc.vt.edu (IDENT:mirapoint@steiner.cc.vt.edu [198.82.161.185]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f7O7VCS383722; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:31:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.vt.edu (gkar.cc.vt.edu [198.82.161.190]) by steiner.cc.vt.edu (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id ABG14025; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:31:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from guava.vt.edu ([198.82.82.148]) by gkar.cc.vt.edu (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.03.23.18.03.p10) with ESMTP id <0GIK00CP5A7YSJ@gkar.cc.vt.edu>; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:31:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:39:08 -0400 From: Raymond Law Subject: RE: Install Release 4.3 In-reply-to: <003301c12c5b$a2704f80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> X-Sender: flaw/mail.vt.edu@127.0.0.1 To: Ted Mittelstaedt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <4.3.0.20010824033814.030ba410@127.0.0.1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii References: <4.3.0.20010823125730.03dad870@127.0.0.1> 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 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