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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:44:38 +0000 (GMT)
From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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To: Ashwin Kotian <ashwin@comstocksys.com>
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Subject: Re: Floppy Boot installation problems: Plz help
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Ashwin Kotian wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to install the current stable version
> of FreeBSD v.4.4 through the floppy boot installation
> method. I've used fresh new floppies & have formatted
> them under Linux (and also Windows NT ). I've copied the
> image files for kern.flp & mfsroot.flp onto 2 individual
> floppies. I've been able to boot from both floppies in
> succession till the phase where we resolve the conflicts
> during installation. However inspite of specifying the
> minimum hardware for the kernel to probe, once I quit &
> save the parameters, after probing for the common
> devices until it finishes probing the system console
> device, the machine stays hung up. I've tried with a no.
> of new floppies. Also the image files which I dowloaded
> were in binary mode. Still I'm unable to proceed with
> the installation of FreeBSD. This machine currently has
> FreeBSD v4.3 installed & running, however I've read that
> it is better to redo the entire installation from
> scratch rather than do the upgrade.
No, try to upgrade. You cannot destroy and rebuild your
system completely every quarter of a year.

Regards,

Uli.

> Any help here will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Ashwin.
>
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