Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:43:29 -0700 From: beau@webmaster.com (Beau Giles) To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960626204329.00960580@server.webmaster.com>
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A few days ago I sent a message to this mailbox concerning some
problems I am having installing FreeBSD on my 486.
This was may question:
>> I am attempting to load FreeBSD on a 486DX. I've created a boot
>> floppy using boot.flp file. Upon booting the machine I get the standard
>> expected message:
>>
>> >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/15360 k of memory
>> Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed.
>> Usage: [[fd(0,a)]/kernel][-abcCdhrsv]
>> Use ? fro file list or press Enter for defaults
>>
>> Boot:
>>
>> After waiting a few seconds the machine reboots itself and the same screen
>> appears again, and again, and again ... Using the ? option or the -c
>> options has proved to be useless. In fact typing anything is useless, since
>> pressing enter starts the process over again with no change. Could you
>> please give me some help as to where to go next.
The answer received from dwhtie@resnet.uoregon.edu was as follows:
>Sounds like a corrupted floppy.
>
>Here is my mantra of the week:
>
>1) Did you use an ERROR-FREE floppy?
>2) Did you ftp via BINARY mode?
>3) Did you boot back to MS-DOS mode if running Win95?
>
>If any of these are "no", then rectify and try again.
All of these solutions failed to correct my problem. Is there anything else
I can do to correct this problem?
-- Beau Giles
beau@webmaster.com
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