Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 12:46:31 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/16901: cannot boot 3.4 floppies Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000606124631.007c26e0@pop.interaccess.com> In-Reply-To: <20000606103707.J17973@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20000606091009.007eb530@pop.interaccess.com> <200006060927.CAA90588@freefall.freebsd.org> <3.0.6.32.20000606091009.007eb530@pop.interaccess.com>
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Alfred, The kernel doesn't boot (or load) because the bootstrap which reports available hardware (just the bare bones of disks and keyboard) reports it finds only the two scsi hard disks, no floppy, even though the bootstrap just loaded from there. The boot strap also reports the keyboard. I've tried to give it the device and all to load the kernel (typing fd0, fd0a, etc.), but it won't load it, won't even access the floppy. If I just hit the spacebar as you suggest, it just keeps prompting kernel not found, asking where to load the kernel. It is most strange that it cannot find the floppy when it loads the bootstrap from that floppy. Perhaps it is a side effect of having all SCSI or something. -Derek At 10:37 AM 6/6/00 -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >* Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com> [000606 07:12] wrote: >> Yes, other bootable floppies boot. I can boot MS-DOS, etc. >> >> In fact the FreeBSD bootstrap loads from the floppy, but the hardware >> discovery doesn't list the floppy drive as present, so it can't load the >> kernel from the floppy. This is as far as it gets in the boot process. > >Ok, you're saying that the loader can't find the floppy disk drive? Or >that the kernel boots (you see high intensity white probe messages) but >the floppy is not detected? > >Can you try hitting spacebar at the 10 second countdown and typing 'ls'? > >thanks, >-Alfred > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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