From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 13:41:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA09921 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.webmaster.com (server.webmaster.com [204.156.143.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA09915 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:41:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mark ([204.156.143.132]) by server.webmaster.com (post.office MTA v1.9.1 ID# 0-11487) with SMTP id AAA188 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:36:51 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960626204329.00960580@server.webmaster.com> X-Sender: beau@server.webmaster.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:43:29 -0700 To: questions@freebsd.org From: beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk A few days ago I sent a message to this mailbox concerning some problems I am having installing FreeBSD on my 486. This was may question: >> I am attempting to load FreeBSD on a 486DX. I've created a boot >> floppy using boot.flp file. Upon booting the machine I get the standard >> expected message: >> >> >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/15360 k of memory >> Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed. >> Usage: [[fd(0,a)]/kernel][-abcCdhrsv] >> Use ? fro file list or press Enter for defaults >> >> Boot: >> >> After waiting a few seconds the machine reboots itself and the same screen >> appears again, and again, and again ... Using the ? option or the -c >> options has proved to be useless. In fact typing anything is useless, since >> pressing enter starts the process over again with no change. Could you >> please give me some help as to where to go next. The answer received from dwhtie@resnet.uoregon.edu was as follows: >Sounds like a corrupted floppy. > >Here is my mantra of the week: > >1) Did you use an ERROR-FREE floppy? >2) Did you ftp via BINARY mode? >3) Did you boot back to MS-DOS mode if running Win95? > >If any of these are "no", then rectify and try again. All of these solutions failed to correct my problem. Is there anything else I can do to correct this problem? -- Beau Giles beau@webmaster.com