From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 16:55:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03516 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:55:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from java.dpcsys.com (java.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03509 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:55:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by java.dpcsys.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA10341; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:55:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:55:13 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow To: Led Duk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What Happened??? In-Reply-To: <01be17f3$feaa0680$lizard@lizard> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE; BOUNDARY="----=_NextPart_000_0000_00000004.01BE17D2" Content-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_00000004.01BE17D2 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Led Duk wrote: > My intent is to ftp FreeBSD down to my system. I am currently running MS-DOS and have been attempting to make a boot disk. I downloaded the 2 files for that, entered the commands, the floopy was formated, etc. I rebooted the computer. What I was faced with then was a line stating the file boot.config could not be found, then a line stating that boot.help could not be found, then a couple of lines about FreeBSD and A: drive. Information messages only. > Then the prompt came up, followed by boot: > > Then the statement that the kernel could not be found. > > Then all I got was a continious cycle between boot: and the kernel missing message. > > Uh....what is it trying to tell me? Sounds like a bad boot floppy. Get another copy of boot.flp, make sure it is downloaded in binary mode, run fdimage or rawwrite on a new diskette. Downloading in ASCII or *any* defect on the floppy will create an unusable boot floppy. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 ------=_NextPart_000_0000_00000004.01BE17D2-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message