Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:28:27 From: "arvind singh" <singh_a@hotmail.com> To: Scott@bsdprophet.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem.. Message-ID: <F1966IJminnRhtQPazr0000cf2a@hotmail.com>
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<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Thanks a lot.</P> <P>I have one more problem,</P> <P>I have Pro Audio Spectrum -16 SCSI CD-ROM.</P> <P>At port: 0x0388 irq:10</P> <P>Seems like 3.3 has no support for this, I checked 4.3 too but havent tried it yet.</P> <P>Any way to work around this problem?</P> <P>Thanks in advance.</P> <P>-arvind<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Scott Corey <SCOTT@BSDPROPHET.ORG> <DIV></DIV>>To: arvind singh <SINGH_A@HOTMAIL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Problem.. <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 02:26:28 -0500 <DIV></DIV>>MIME-Version: 1.0 <DIV></DIV>>Received: from [208.128.7.7] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD5B2A0200914004370CD0800707099E0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 00:25:55 -0700 <DIV></DIV>>Received: from bsdprophet.org (plum20.theshop.net [208.128.7.135])by pineapple.theshop.net (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f827OmF57024;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:24:49 -0500 (CDT)(envelope-from Scott@bsdprophet.org) <DIV></DIV>>From Scott@bsdprophet.org Sun, 02 Sep 2001 00:26:11 -0700 <DIV></DIV>>Sender: scott@pineapple.theshop.net <DIV></DIV>>Message-ID: <3B91DF24.2E967933@bsdprophet.org> <DIV></DIV>>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) <DIV></DIV>>X-Accept-Language: en <DIV></DIV>>References: <F217KYQU7A0XTAEHLB800001F43@HOTMAIL.COM> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Right from the "INSTALL.TXT" file of 3.3-RELEASE: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>"FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no <DIV></DIV>>support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install <DIV></DIV>>and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard <DIV></DIV>>drive space for the most minimal installation." <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>arvind singh wrote: <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Hi, <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > I am new to free bsd and I am trying to boot a 486DX with 4mb RAM <DIV></DIV>> > machine with floppies for FreeBSD3.3. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>>So you need to get more ram. At least for the install. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > It loads the kernel and then asks for the second floppy and then <DIV></DIV>> > simply gets stuck at boot prompt with message No /kernel found. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Also you might want to remake the images of the floppies, i.e. kern.flp <DIV></DIV>>& mfsroot.flp. Also reformat your floppies first then write the images <DIV></DIV>>over. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel <DIV></DIV>> > boot: <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Am I missing something here? <DIV></DIV>> > Thanks in advance. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > -Arvind <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <DIV></DIV>> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com <DIV></DIV>> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe <DIV></DIV>> > freebsd-questions" in the body of the message <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>-- bsd is the life blood of the internet <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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