From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 2 12:51:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D9F11065672 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:51:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F488FC1E for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:51:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o02CpPIW015046; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3FA65BA8B; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:25 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Paul Shi Message-ID: <20100102125125.GA19627@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while installing FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:51:29 -0000 --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 06:00:07PM +0800, Paul Shi wrote: > Dear Everyone, >=20 > I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at > the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. >=20 > I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned > it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD disc and boot > from CDROM as I have chose the CDROM to be first one in boot order. Howev= er, > system starts booting from FD, invokes some Caldera DR-DOS and goes to > command prompt [DR-DOS] A:\> Remove the floppy disk from the drive, so it cannot boot from it, and try again. Are you sure you _saved_ the BIOS settings after changing the boot order? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks/QU0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyW2ZACfdsmino0CsoFrOWzeYl7r/QVg rnoAoIgbSVBmoJ3nRgRdOEAm3ASVJACI =nIVY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--