Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:40:51 +0100 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com'" <Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Freebsd3.1 failes to boot up Message-ID: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B83EC1B@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Hi again Abbas, I believe the boot floppy 'boot.flp' for 3.1-RELEASE is designed for a 2.88Mb floppy (Just remembered this!). It is also split into two chunks for those who do not have such a drive. Try writing 'kern.flp' and 'mfsroot.flp' to two separate 1.44M floppies instead, and booting with the 'kern.flp' disk. Just check the file size also, the 'boot.flp' file for 3.1 is probably way too big for a normal floppy. Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com > [SMTP:Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 4:26 PM > To: Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk > Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Freebsd3.1 failes to boot up > > > Hi Jeff: > > I tried to created a boot floppy using different P.C and with a new > floppy disk. > > The same thing happend again. > > Then I used freebsd2.2.8 and created the boot floppy with out any problem > and with out > any error message. > > Then I used the created boot floppy using Freebsd2.2.8 and boot up two P.C > with out > any problem. > > It look as the freeBsd3.1 is broken if you wan to make boot floppy using > the > (tools\rawrite floppies\boot.flp) command. > > > But you can create a boot floppy using 2.2.8 and use the FreeBSD3.1 CD to > install > the FreeBSD3.1. > > However you can change your BIOS on your MotherBoard to boot from CDROM > and then you can > Boot to freeBSD successfully. > > > I have sent a bug report to freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG . > > > > > Regards > > > > Abbas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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