Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:32:01 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Pablo Quintana" <quintana@hondutel.hn> Cc: "Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting after installation problems Message-ID: <199801280102.LAA00410@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jan 1998 18:50:59 MDT." <199801271851.SAA26380@miraf-server2.hondutel.hn>
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Please don't send questions to the -install list. > Hi, Iīve finally downloaded the complete binaries from an FTP site. Which binaries, for what? (I am guessing FreeBSD, but which version?) > Followed the simple instructions after the download and then it returns me > to the main menu screen of the install program. I didnīt know what to do so > I pressed Exit Install and told to take out any floppy and reboot. Sounds reasonable. Did you read the instructions? > When it > reboots it doesnīt happen anything. Just a underscore line blinking on the > screen. Well with my poor expirience (and before trying to download again) > I boot the PC with the installation floppy inside and typed It sounds like your BIOS disk setup may be wrong. Can you install DOS on this system? > 0:wd(0,C)kernel > > After that the booting started and test the hardware (everything fine) and > said this Ok, so prettymuch everything else works OK. You can salvage this prettymuch without having to download. The command above is wrong though, that should be 0:wd(0,a)kernel (Why did you select 'C'?) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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