From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 27 20:37:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA22632 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:37:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ix.netcom.com (sil-wa5-15.ix.netcom.com [206.214.137.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA22626 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:37:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by ix.netcom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20160; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:35:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:35:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807280335.UAA20160@ix.netcom.com> From: Thomas Dean To: bradyt@choiceconnect.com.au CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199807270436.OAA13094@smople.thehub.com.au> (message from Terry Brady on 27 Jul 98 14:36:18 +1000) Subject: Re: Install problem Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did you solve your problem? Looks like whatever you were trying to boot was not bootable. What were you trying to boot? > Being in a hurry to get up and running and without access to the install CD's, I'm trying to install FreeBSD using the boot floppy and ftp via ethernet. > > My computer is a Pentium 166 with 430TX chipset, 16MB RAM, Seagate 1.7GB IDE HDD, Mitsubishi 16x CD-ROM, S3 PCI video card, Optimedia 16-bit sound card and SN3200 PCI ethernet card. > > Unfortunately I don't get very far: I get an error message over and over > Error: D:0x0 C:6 H:0 S:16 > > Since I'm a Macintosh user I am absolutely without a clue about what's going on. Any help would be sincerely appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message