Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:08:47 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com'" <Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Subject: RE: Freebsd3.1 failes to boot up Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990708180810.3949I-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B83EC1B@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Should the name of the boot.flp not be changed to boot-288.flp? Nick On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > 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 > > -- ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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