Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 14:57:17 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Kai Schmidt <ks@hirvi.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 3.1 on a Multia box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905021455360.555-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199905021151.NAA19718@karhu.hirvi.net>
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, Kai Schmidt wrote: > On 02.05.99, 13:39:04 Doug Rabson wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > >> When I insert my kern floppy and do I boot dva0 which is my floppy drive, > >> it > >> complains about a bootstrap error. > >> The error says: > >> (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0) > >> block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is not a valid boot block > >> bootstrap failure > >> Any hints? > > Exactly where did you download these boot floppies from? > > Hmmh, I can't remember exactly but it was either from ftp.freebsd.org or > from ftp.de.freebsd.org and there from the stable branch. > > I read that the floppies on the CD are broken. That is true. I need to know which directory on the ftp site you downloaded them from. The ones from snapshots/alpha/4.0-19990413-CURRENT should work fairly well. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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