From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 21:59:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03822 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:59:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03815 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:59:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA27233; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:29:08 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA06815; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:29:07 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980217162907.19424@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:29:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: tadcom@home.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Trouble installing (was: help) References: <34E92770.904@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <34E92770.904@home.com>; from Trent on Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 10:07:08PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 16 February 1998 at 22:07:08 -0800, Trent wrote: > To whom it may concern: > > I am having the hardest time installing: > > I have read all the documentation and can not find any incompatability > issues. It would appear that you haven't read my weekly posting on this list. You can read it at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html. > I have all the files in a MS-DOS partition and I have made both the BOOT > disk and FLOPPY disk per the instructions in the guide. When I boot the > machine off the floppy I get a blinking bar in the top left corner after > reading the drive for a little bit. Nothing happens after this. > > Neither the FIXIT disk or boot disk work. They both do the same thing. The Fixit disk won't work. You mount that after booting from the boot floppy. I'd love to help, but I have almost nothing to go on. How about: 1. What kind of hardware? 2. What version of FreeBSD? 3. Where did you get the distribution from? 4. What's the last thing before the blinking cursor? That's just a start. If you can think of anything else which is relevant, please let us know. And please copy the -questions list on the reply; I don't promise to look at this personally. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message