From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 4 17:13:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16751 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:13:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16745; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:13:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01174; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:11:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812050111.RAA01174@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Wilko Bulte , dfr@nlsystems.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing boot? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Dec 1998 16:56:27 PST." <2108.912819387@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:11:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > > > load: can't find '/mfsroot' > > > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > Hmmmm. OK, over to Mike at this point - I thought it was supposed > to find /mfsroot.gz automagically but evidently that's now broken. > Sure would be nice if we could just work out whether it's going to > be "magic" or not and just stick to it. :) Make sure that you're using an up-to-date /boot/loader, and then try 'ls' on the floppy in question please. -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message