From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 12: 8:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D18B151A5 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 12:08:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09765; Mon, 17 May 1999 12:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:08:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Xiang B. Chen" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem on booting In-Reply-To: <000701be9d5b$df530fa0$8a415ec6@MIS70.ousd.k12.ca.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 13 May 1999, Xiang B. Chen wrote: > HI, > > After installing FreeBSD on a 486 PC, It does not boot correctly. > The screen shows: > F1...BSD > Default: F1 > F1...BSD > Default: F? > > Could anyone tell me what that maen and how to make the PC boot correctly? Geometry problem, see http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ Try a boot floppy. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message