Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:03:10 +0800 (PHT) From: "Anthony M. Magsino" <ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph> To: Ashwin Kotian <ashwin@comstocksys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Boot installation problems: Plz help Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011122190242.20946C-100000@kulog.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <1006310148.3bfb1304b6625@mail.comstocksys.com>
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Did you try booting from the cdrom? 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. > Any help here will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks a lot, > > Ashwin. > > 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
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