Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:47:53 -0600 From: Jeremy Vandenhouten <jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu> To: killbot@pacbell.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: non-booting bsd newbie Message-ID: <20d6ff209fba.209fba20d6ff@marquette.edu>
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I had this problem when installing 3.5.1 on an older 486, it usually indicates that the floppy cable has been attached backwards, or that there is a physical defect with the drive. As a workaround, have you tried disabling the floppy altogether in the bios? This will allow you to also ascertain whether the floppy has undergone hardware failure. ----- Original Message ----- From: killbot@pacbell.net Date: Saturday, November 4, 2000 2:40 pm Subject: non-booting bsd newbie > hello everybody- > i've just install bsd for the first time. i installed via ftp and > everything went great. well, that is up until it was time to > boot off > the disk. the floppy disk llight comes on and stays on as if it's > looking for something. anyway, there must be a way to rewrite the mbr > and/or verify the boot loader. i manually mounted each of the > filesystems and it's all good. > > here's a list of my partitions > device mount pt. > ad0s1a / > ad0s1b swap > ad0s2e /home > ad0s2f /usr > > thanks > -brent a. thorne > > > > 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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