Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:52:28 -0700 From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Chris Ryan <chris.ryan@itfirst.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MS 9129 wont boot 5.4CD but will 4.11 Message-ID: <odd5odun37.5od@mail.opusnet.com> In-Reply-To: <BF28FA28.2CB31%chris.ryan@itfirst.com.au> (Chris Ryan's message of "Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:28:56 %2B0930") References: <BF28FA28.2CB31%chris.ryan@itfirst.com.au>
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Chris Ryan <chris.ryan@itfirst.com.au> writes: > starts all normally until the boot from CD:..... I would first boot another unixy OS off HDD or Live CD and compute the md5 checksum of the CD (maybe using "dd bs=2k ..." once to "size" the CD and once to exclude that last two blocks) and compare with the checksum listed at www.freebsd.org. Or make another CD or CD image and compare md5sums or just diff the two CDs or CD & image. If OK, and I was pretty convinced that there was a bug of some kind, I'd try asking on the 5.4 mailing list, freebsd-stable, and/or file a formal problem report, or since such problems are tough to debug, especially by those without the hardware in question, I might just boot off a floppy (images are on the CD) or install from an older OS version until I could upgrade from the new CD using sysinstall after booting the older OS from the HDD.
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