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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:28:20 -0600
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Francesco Pistolesi <franciskom@tin.it>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: - Installation -
Message-ID:  <4055D9A4.1050109@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <000801c40aa5$9cd45820$de9f3152@a369sgxkbkzpj8>
References:  <000801c40aa5$9cd45820$de9f3152@a369sgxkbkzpj8>

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Francesco Pistolesi wrote:

>Hi, I'm an italian user.
>
>Yesterday I've tried to install FreeBSD in an old and empty 486.
>I've downloaded the floppies and I've made the images
>kern.flp e mfsroot.flp .
>
>I've switched-on the pc with kern.flp floppy inside.... 
>at a point the computer has asked to insert mfsroot.....
>
>After a few minutes I've seen on the screen:
>
>  
>
>>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
>>>      
>>>
>Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader
>boot:
>
>e poi 
>
>  
>
>>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
>>>      
>>>
>Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
>boot:
>No kernel
>
>What I have to do to continue?
>I've an HD and a floppy....no a CD-Rom reader....
>BOOT see the units as
>disk0 --> floppy
>disk1 --> hard disk
>
>I've read that the relationship between BIOS and FreeBSD about the units is different.
>I need to know how I can continue the installation and what is the function of the image
>boot.flp of 2,8 Mb and finally, what I need apart the floppies
>kern
>mfsroot
>
>Thanks a lot
>  
>

No expert here, but I've received
similar errors, and trashing that
floppy in favor of another (new)
one usually helped.  YMMV, of course...

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.



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