From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 13:53:35 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 1B56A37B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f129.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A186B43F3F for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:34 -0700 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 06 May 2003 20:53:34 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] X-Originating-Email: [crollins666@hotmail.com] From: "clayton rollins" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:53:34 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2003 20:53:34.0589 (UTC) FILETIME=[8F317AD0:01C31411] cc: bsd@agileemmy.com Subject: Re: 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 20:53:35 -0000 > >On Tue, 6 May 2003 12:45:39 "Doug Poland" wrote: > > > > Charley said: > > > > 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? > > > >Check the BIOS for boot order or boot sequence and see if a CDROM >device is in the list. If it is, make it the first boot device and >re-try. > >As for the floppy, I've seen the "Unexpected EOF" error because of >old or bad floppy media. Try brand-new floppy disks. > >-- >Regards, >Doug > Hi Charley, On one of the older compaqs I recently worked on, there was no BIOS setting for the boot device. Instead the system looked ahead at the disks to find bootable disks and booted them in the order: cd-rom, floppy, HD. If that's the case, just put it in the drive and boot away. (Note that the disk has to be present during POST for this to work; put it in and reboot.) Peace, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail