From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 14:28:02 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA09061 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:28:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.135]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA09032 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:27:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00531; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:27:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:27:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Chad Eschenbach cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Problem In-Reply-To: <199612150530.VAA11817@dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Chad Eschenbach wrote: > When I finally start the floppy boot installation it starts to install then > it asks for the disk to be in drive a:. I make sure it is then I press > enter. I then get an error message that says It can't mount the > floppy....Can you tell what may be wrong? > > P.S. - the disk is suppsoed to be IBM formatted right??? yes. What stage of the installation is this? What install method are you using? Also the basics...system specs, interesting messages from the ALT-F2 debug console, any interesting messages from the boot probes (hit scroll lock on the main menu and up-arrow up..)... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major