Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:01:44 -0500 From: "Jason" <jasonc@concentric.net> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing 3.3 from CDROM Message-ID: <002201bf484b$d0e3cb80$0101010a@stan> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912161358310.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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This is exactly what happens after I insert the NFS disk and press enter the spinning slash thingie starts up. Then The following message <two system beeps> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel in xx seconds... it then counts down from 9. If I hit any other key for command prompt and it tells me to hit ? for command list and help for detailed help. Help does not work but ? shows me the following commands reboot heap bcachestat boot autoboot help ? show set unset more lsdev include ls load unload lsmod pnpscan disk0s4a:> Thats about it. Nothing that I can determine is an error message. And if I allow it to reboot what I said below takes place. as for the email program I am using you are the first to tell me there is a problem with it....everyone I know uses some sort of wordprocessor like email program that puts CR/LF at the end of paragraphs not lines...lines are autowraped based on window size. I dont know how to chage my email to fit less compatible email clients. sorry Thanks for any help you may provide Jason PS I recreated both the Boot and NFS disks using brand new disks i recently purchansed. The same problem occurs with these new disks. I am completly lost on this one. :( ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Jason" <jasonc@concentric.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 5:02 PM Subject: Re: Installing 3.3 from CDROM > On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Jason wrote: > > > I downloaded the ISO from the bsd ftp site some time ago. Burned > > it and made floppies using makeflp.bat. > > > > Now I have wo disks that I labeled Kernel and MFSRoot. When I > > boot on the Kernel Disk It goes through some process with cryptic > > information coming acrss the screen and a spinning icon thing made > > up os slashes.....think this is a wait promt of some sort. > > This how we tell you things are ok loading from disk. > > > > > After about 5 minutes it beeps and tells me to insert the MFSRoot > > disk which I do and press enter. > > > > It goes through more of the above and then states that it will > > reboot automatically in 10 seconds. This reboot was not mentioned > > in any of the DOCs but I since there is no error message I let it > > continue. > > This isn't what it says, it must say something else at least be > more verbose about it. > > I think you most likely have a bad MFSroot floppy, try doing a > DOS format on both disks you made and re-make the install disks > if they format ok. > > currently the installer can't tolerate disks with bad sectors. > > > A complete reboot happens...Computer counts memory and then comes > > up with the following message/prompt > > > > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > > Default: 0fd(0,a)? > > boot: > > > > There is no information in the DOCs as to what I should do at > > this point. No matter what I type is always responds with > > > > . .. mfsroot.gz > > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > > Default: 0fd(0,a)? > > boot: > > > > Do I have a bad ISO file here? bad install disk or what? > > Any help you may provide will be greatly appreciated.. > > Also for the record no internet access on this box will be > > available...so FTP install will be impossible. > > Probably bad install floppies. > > As a side note please tell your mailer to wrap lines at 70 characters. > > -Alfred > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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