Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:25:40 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make release produces unbootable boot floppies, no boot loader, no /kernel Message-ID: <19990119072540.A2761@titan.klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199901190552.VAA01750@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 09:52:26PM -0800 References: <19990119064856.A991@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <199901190552.VAA01750@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 09:52:26PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Hi ! Bad news, make release still produces non bootable floppies. > > I cvsupped yesterday evening at 8pm and did a make world and > > make release .... > > > > Now I tried the boot.flp image from the ftp subdir in /R/.... > > > > First error message > > No /boot/loader > > Then the typical "boot banner" > > 2nd error message > > No /kernel > > When typing ? > > . .. kernel.gz > > When typing kernel.gz to load this kernel > > invalid format > > Of course, it's gzipped. > > > Well, there is _still_ something wron, believe me. > > The single-floppy install is broken. Use the two-floppy install as > I've been encouraging people to do now since the 12th. This sounds like booting/installing from CD-ROM is currently impossible as well ??? Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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