From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 19 12:45:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA29753 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA29744 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:45:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id HAA04466; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:38:33 -0800 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:38:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Andrew Smith cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with installation please In-Reply-To: <199603181820.NAA29257@webbsco.esslink.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Andrew Smith wrote: > floppie using makeflp.bat. I then used that floppie to boot > my computer. It appears to start booting, then it says > 'uncompressing kernel' then it says 'invalid compressed > format, system halted'. What should I do? Sounds like the boot floppy was corrupted. Try using a fresh, formatted floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major