From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 21 22:57:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09072 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from namodn.com (namodn.com [207.33.107.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09053 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:57:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost) by namodn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA25651; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 23:01:35 GMT (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 23:01:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert To: alissa bader cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stupid stupid stupid floppy question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Now apparently my computer thinks there should be a bootable, mountable > file on the floppy upon startup. Because I can't get my machine to go > through the startup process. It goes down the list of devices and then > simply hangs, and asks for the name of the complete shell. BTW - it sounds like you're at the single user prompt, that happens when mounts fail. You can try hitting enter here, it's asking for the shell you want to use. -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( robert@namodn.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message