From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 20 23:06:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA15532 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from airship.net (mail@Redwing.airship.net [205.241.30.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA15523 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:06:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by airship.net (wmail 0.9.2) with SMTP id 33ab6efa.20407; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:04:42 CDT Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:04:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Andrew Kaufmann To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installion bootup problems Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <33ab6efa.20407@airship.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello- I recently purchased the Walnut Creek CD-ROM FreeBSD book (with FreeBSD 2.2.1), and am I currently trying to get the boot floppy to work in booting the system. The computer starts up, does the RAM check, prints the CMOS settings, then prints a couple other messages standard to a functional boot (Cache type.. EDO in DRAM..). Afterwards, it reads from the floppy drive, but then freezes. The computer isn't locked up, as cntrl+alt+del still works, but it stays frozen indefinetely. The system is an Intel Pent 200 (generic assembly, not Dell, Gateway, etc). Suggested solutions that have failed: 1) Using DOS rawrite as well as Linux dd 2) Using a different floppy disk 3) Downloading boot.flp from the ftp site (I've tried both the stardard release 2.2.1 and the one in the newer/ dir) I just tried the boot floppy on a Cyrix 686 150, and it boots fine. Any suggestions would be received with many thanks, and solutions will be met with kisses to the feet ;) Thanks a lot! - Andrew Kaufmann | Andrew Kaufmann | andrewk@airship.net | andrewk@dal.net | | SysAdmin: airship.net | Worshipper: R.E.M. | | Home Page: Out of order |