Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 15:11:38 PST From: William.Ying@ccgate.Barra.COM To: questions@FreeBSD.org, beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) Subject: Re: "Reboot ... Reboot ... Reboot" - please add a subject Message-ID: <9605268358.AA835827709@ccgate.barra.com>
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It could be helpful if you format the diskette and run rawrite.exe under real
MS-DOS. The problem could be caused by using a DOS emulator ( like command
prompt from NT ). Try to find a machine with real MS-DOS 6.22 and create the
boot diskette. I am not sure if the command prompt from 95, OS/2 or even
IBM-DOS 6.3 will cause the problem. Please let me know if anybody has that
experience.
- Bill -
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Author: beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) at UNIXGATE
Date: 6/26/96 2:20 PM
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
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