Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Loic Mahe'" <mahe@twam.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 : problem with the installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211203130.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <371D77C7.13A0B10B@twam.com>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Loic Mahe' wrote: > Hello, > > I've just installed FreeBSD 3.1 (works fine !), but I've encountered > some problems during the installation. > I've tried to start from DOS with CDROM support : > > D:\>install > > DOS tells me : > > D:\>fbsdboot.exe -D kernel > Invalid command > > So I tried next (I remember that fbsdboot.exe was located at the root > of the CDROM in previous distributions) : > > D:\>tools\fbsdboot.exe -D kernel > > And I get : > > Invalid format ! > > Is fbsdboot.exe corrupted or is something wrong with my system ? fbsdboot isn't compatible with the 3.1 ELF kernels, probably. Make boot floppies. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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