From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 01:42:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82B116A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:42:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B562B43D46 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:42:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdaemon@comcast.net) Received: from fw.home (pcp05407642pcs.norstn01.pa.comcast.net[68.80.43.94]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2005011001425401500nctdae>; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:42:54 +0000 Received: (qmail 73528 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2005 01:45:19 -0000 Received: from kris.home (HELO ?192.168.0.251?) (192.168.0.251) by fw.home with SMTP; 10 Jan 2005 01:45:19 -0000 Message-ID: <41E1DEB5.1010307@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:47:33 -0500 From: Kris Maglione User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041212) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions References: <200501090505.58359.duns0014@umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <200501090505.58359.duns0014@umn.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF875CC49040F93A3F1EADAA8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Installation of 5.3 over network fails on boot up. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:42:55 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF875CC49040F93A3F1EADAA8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit from this list: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:27:51AM +0100, Arne Engų wrote: > >/> I have been using FreeBSD earlier, but am new to the 5.0-Release. />/> The boot.flp image seems to be twice the size of an ordinary floppy, while the other four images in the floppies-directory fits on exactly one disk each. What are the BOOT.FLP disk for ? How is it to be used, and how do I use it on a 1.44 - floppy disk drive system ??? I would appreciate a speedy reply, as I'm trying to set up a new system with Freebsd 5.0-release. /> > You don't use boot.flp with a 1.44Mb floppy drive. You can use > boot.flp with a 2.88Mb floppy drive, but relatively few people have > one of those. You can also use it to build certain styles of bootable > CD Rom -- although I think even that use is verging on the obsolete > nowadays. Joe Dunsmore wrote: >I was going to install 5.3 on a computer using the install over network >option. I imaged boot.flp, kern1.flp, and kern2.flp to floppy disks using dd >(not cp) and started the computer up with the boot disk in the drive. After >seeing the ascii spinning thing (|, /, -, \, etc.), the computer spit this >out: > >error 4 lba 248 >Invalid format > >FreeBSD/i386 boot >Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel >boot: >No /kernel > >FreeBSD/i386 boot >Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel >boot: > > >I tried this on a few different disks, so that's not the problem. Any ideas >what's wrong? >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > --------------enigF875CC49040F93A3F1EADAA8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB4d64mcXjc1XBrAQRAiNUAJ9gJZUw+zndeLZsAtWf8iwvMxNwIwCgiZ+R caMOUeDeE6bXyS1I+CVsNfE= =Xa1l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF875CC49040F93A3F1EADAA8--