From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 8 20:39:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233D737B609 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:39:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09712; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 23:39:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200004090339.XAA09712@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20000408193254.87845.qmail@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 23:39:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Kyle Peterson Subject: RE: Free BSD v3.4 Bootdisk problems Cc: FreeBSD Tech Support Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 02-Apr-00 Kyle Peterson wrote: > I am having this strange problem when trying to boot with the kern.flp image > on my Compaq Pressario computer. When I try to boot from the disk the > computer starts to read the floppy, but then the screen stays black and that > is as far as it gets. If I try the exact same disk on any one of my other > machines it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you > very much. Does it say "Keyboard: No"? If so, press a key right when it starts up, and type '-h' at the "boot:" prompt and press Enter. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message