From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 24 10:14:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA11430 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Dec 1995 10:14:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu (smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu [130.203.2.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA11421 for ; Sun, 24 Dec 1995 10:14:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from brickred.crayola.cse.psu.edu by smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu id <14352-1>; Sun, 24 Dec 1995 13:14:16 -0500 Subject: install disk wont prompt From: Brian S Wasserman To: questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 13:14:22 -0500 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Message-Id: <95Dec24.131416est.14352-1@smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello. I have tried many variations of creating the boot.flp disk and all have the same result. I am positive there are no defects on my floppy disk. I have W95 and booted into dos mode. I used the same procedure to create FBSD 1.1.5 boot disks and it gets to a prompt and I can work from there, but 2.1R will not have any response. 1.1.5 is no good for me because I have an EIDE 1.6 gig drive and it will not recognize it. I am running a Compaq Presario 924 CDS. This equates to: 486DX2-66 8 megs RAM 525 IDE hard drive (near full) 16 bit soundblaster compatible card EIDE controller card (SIIG, Inc) with 1.6 gig hard drive (Maxtor) 2x scsi cdrom colorado t1000 (hewlett packard) tape backup drive (on floppy controller) Does anybody have any ideas to how I may get FBSD 2.1R to go? At least far enough to give me the initial prompt? Your help is greatly appreciated, Brian