Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:54:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Kitty <kitty@tigress.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, dima@unixfreak.org Subject: Re: read error MSG Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906041252440.1345-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000001bead59$6c328f60$c4caabcf@purr.tigress.org>
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Kitty wrote: > I have a NEC computer p75 24mb of ram about 3 years old. it has been running > win95 fine. I have tried to install both 3.1 and 3.2 free bsd on it with no > luck. > > I use the boot floppies and have a network card. it goes through the boot > disk and I request everything to be installed goes to ftp://freebsd.org and > downloads everything. when I exit install to boot to freebsd, I get the NEC > screen, NEC bios info and then a read error Reinstall and choose 'Yes' to the question to keep the partition compatible. Your BIOS gets confused if you do not have a MBR. 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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