From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 16:59:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5651816A4CE for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:59:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F7143D48 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i7RGxlTH024776; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:59:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i7RGxlhk024773; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:59:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:59:46 -0400 From: Ken Smith To: David Syphers Message-ID: <20040827165946.GA24472@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <200408270032.36664.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408270032.36664.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA1 install floppies working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:59:48 -0000 On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:32:36AM -0700, David Syphers wrote: > Has anyone succesfully used the install floppies for 5.3-BETA1? When I tried, > it wasn't able to load the kernel successfully from the kern1 floppy (didn't > ask for the kern2 floppy, so I'm not sure what that's for). I'm curious > whether my computer is just crazy, or if there's actually something wrong > with the floppies (which I assume don't get a lot of testing these days). As part of my testing procedure I go through before uploading i386 release stuff I test a floppy-initiated FTP-based install on a desktop machine. It passed that test. I'd suspect a bad floppy disk itself or corrupted floppy image file (you might want to check the MD5's). If neither of those helps you might give blowing the dust off your floppy drive heads a try. :-) Both kern1 and kern2 floppies are required - the kernel with a reasonable number of device drivers compiled into it has grown too big for one floppy. If you hadn't gotten an error while it was reading kern1 it should have asked you for kern2 before it moved on to booting the kernel and starting the install. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |