From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 10:35:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B95437B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from host101.apollohosting.com (host101.apollohosting.com [209.239.35.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510F543F85 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 10:35:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@agileemmy.com) Received: from agileemmy.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])h46HZlh25577 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 13:35:47 -0400 From: "Charley" To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 13:35:47 -0400 Message-Id: <20030506173547.M36636@agileemmy.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 1.81 20021127 X-OriginatingIP: 134.39.30.9 (bsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: FreeBSD on an old Compaq X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:35:49 -0000 I recently won a Compaq ProLiant 5000R in an auction on Ebay. It arrived yesterday and now I want to put FreeBSD on it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to cause the system to boot from the CD and booting from the floppy returns an "Unexpected EOF" on the kernel (kern.flp). Is there something else that I need?