Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:27:30 -0700 From: Wolfgang_Werner@cbtsys.com To: jef53313@bayou.uh.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp install / boot failure Message-ID: <88256727.006405EC.00@cbtusa3.cbtsys.com>
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From: Wolfgang Werner@CBTSYSTEMS on 03/01/99 10:27 AM before sending this email I wanted to verify that I really have created the KERN and MFSROOT floppies many times (on error free floppies) and in various forms from different floppy batches and good floppies - I made various floppies on reformatted floppies, from different machines, re-downloaded KERN.flp & MFSROOT.flp & fdimage.exe. In all cases the problem is still the same as identified in my original e-mail ( partially reproduced in your response ) And yes I was trying for 3.1 Could you answer the information request question: what happened to the 1 floppy startup system which allowed me to get to the FTP stuff? tx for your help wolfgang wotan@Dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu on 02/24/99 16:55:28 Please respond to jef53313@bayou.uh.edu To: Wolfgang Werner/CBT SYSTEMS/IE cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp install / boot failure > > FLOPPY BOOT FAILURE. > Now to bring up another machine (due to the first having catastrophic hw > failures) my attempt consistently fails in the boot process - I can not get > to the setup of NIC for access to the ftp site. > > I have createdthe KERN and MFSROOT floppies (many times). > > Starting with KERN followed by MFSROOT I get: > ================================ > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.5 638/65532kB > (jkh@time.cdrom.com, Mon Feb15 13:26:18 CMT 1999) > /kernel text=0x18be9a data=0x1b338+0x1dccc syms=[0x4+0x23c30+0x4+0x243bb] > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > [At this point I swap floppies and after pressing enter and waiting for > about 2 - 5 seconds I see on the screen:] > > can't find'/mfsroot' > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [kernel] root device disk0s4a: invalid > > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > disk0s4a:> > [when I now type ls and wait for about 2-5 seconds I see on the screen:] > open '/'failed: input/output error > disk0s4a:> > ======================================== Are you trying to install 3.1-RELEASE? That is my assumption but I think we need that to give more help. Have you tried different floppies? (Did you check the floppies you used for errors?) Jonathan Fosburgh Geotechnician Snyder Oil Corporation Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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