From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 16:54:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA03930 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:54:02 -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 QAA03919 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:54:00 -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 AAA84; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:49:25 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960626235609.0097bb88@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 16:56:09 -0700 To: William.Ying@ccgate.Barra.COM From: beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) Subject: Re: "Reboot ... Reboot ... Reboot" - please add a subject Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yes!! The boot now works. I was running rawrite under an NT DOS prompt. I did notice that rawrite wrote the floppy very quickly but didn't think that NT 3.51 was the source of the problem. Thanks a lot for solving my problem. You should probably add this to your installation notes. -- Beau Giles At 03:11 PM 6/26/96 PST, you wrote: >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 > > >