From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 22:02:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E941A106566B for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp3.iomartmail.com (asmtp3.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73DD78FC0A for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp3.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp3.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p16M2kvo007300; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:46 GMT Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp3.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p16M2jNo007295; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:45 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 49DF233C3D; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:45 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:45 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Chuck Bacon Message-ID: <20110206220245.GA33266@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <62305.209.213.65.25.1297025325.squirrel@webmail.cape.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <62305.209.213.65.25.1297025325.squirrel@webmail.cape.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RC2 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does my 8.2-RC3 dvd1 boot DOS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:02:51 -0000 --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:48:45PM -0500, Chuck Bacon wrote: > > SERIOUS APOLOGIES! I've found out my dvd is marginal, or > possibly the drive. What seemed like a bad dvd apparently > resulted in a scan (by the BIOS?) until it found a boot loader > it understood, "PC-DOS" it said, which was one of several I > discovered in grepping the ISO file. I should have > done freebsd-update ! > Chuck Bacon - crtb@cape.com Chuck, where on the DVD is the copy of PC-DOS? >=20 > > I downloaded it yesterday. Here's the facts: > > > > 1. md5 matches CHECKSUM.MD5 > > > > 2. When I boot off the BIOS, it takes a half minute or so, and > > then: voila! PC-DOS boots, and for all the world look as > > though it will boot a larger system; except it doesn't have > > a clue. > > > > Here's the hypothesis: The FreeBSD-8.3-RC3 boot loader doesn't > > satisfy my BIOS, and the BIOS looks through the dvd until it finds > > one of the DOS boot loaders provided by some fdisk variant. > > Any ideas why? > > > > If nothing else, I'll download disc1. Praps that'll work! > > > > Many thanks, > > Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com > > ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1PGoMACgkQHduKvUAgeK6UZgCgn3EzkVz6/bU66+7AnNGnMtmq A1MAn0HNS5Mp5H8ag4KBapqvuWtvX+1m =C4S4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--