From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 15:19:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA24064 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halon.barra.COM (halon.barra.com [144.203.11.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA24041 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT) From: William.Ying@ccgate.Barra.COM Received: from lazarus.barra.COM (root@[144.203.13.57]) by halon.barra.COM (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id PAA13093; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:21:22 -0700 Received: from ccgate.barra.com (ccgate.barra.com [144.203.4.245]) by lazarus.barra.COM (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id PAA23660; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:19:37 -0700 Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.barra.com id AA835827709; Wed, 26 Jun 96 15:11:38 PST Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 15:11:38 PST Message-Id: <9605268358.AA835827709@ccgate.barra.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org, beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) Subject: Re: "Reboot ... Reboot ... Reboot" - please add a subject Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 - ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: 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