From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 12 07:37:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA26363 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:37:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Prime-FE2.lvcablemodem.com (prime-fe2.lvcablemodem.com [24.234.0.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA26356 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blackthorne@utah-inter.net) Received: from blackthorne - 24.234.20.200 by lvcablemodem.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:41:56 -0800 From: "Micheal Blackthorne" To: Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:39:37 -0800 Message-ID: <000b01be569d$e5e50bc0$c814ea18@blackthorne> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am very new to FreeBSD and have been trying for some time to get it working on a spare PC of mine. The problem is that it appears that I complete the installation of FreeBSD only to reboot and find myself at a "Boot:" prompt. After waiting for a few seconds at this prompt it automatically scrolls the screen displaying "Invalid Format!" and then the same information which appears to be a command options list for the "Boot:" prompt. I have already contacted freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG and the individual that responded was not able to resolve the problem. He in turn suggested I contact freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG. They in turn were mostly rude and referred me to this list. The version of FreeBSD that I am trying to install is: CD_VERSION = 3.0-19990209-STABLE I made the CD myself, by downloading the files under the -STABLE section. If needed I can provide a listing of the CD. Here is a list of the hardware on the system: 486 DX/2 66 Mhz 8 Megs ram 240 Meg HD 1.44 Meg 3 1/2 8x Mitsumi CD-Rom Realtek VGA 1 Meg 8019 ISA Ethernet Controller ALS120 PnP Sound Card and other minor peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message