From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 23 15:38:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw3.netvision.net.il (mailgw3.netvision.net.il [194.90.1.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB5337B423 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:38:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from laptop (RAS1-p73.tlv.netvision.net.il [62.0.129.73]) by mailgw3.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA24272; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:37:45 +0300 (IDT) Message-ID: <001601c00d5b$3adcae60$0100000a@laptop> From: "Amir Hardon" To: Cc: Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:38:08 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.37 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.37 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maybe all this troubles are because I downloaded the alpha version, and I'm using pentium processor? I never knew what should I use i386 or others, untill now all the linuxs I installed, I used i386\i586 versions. -----Original Message----- From: Amir Hardon To: kstewart@urx.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: יום חמישי 24 אוגוסט 2000 00:29 Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation >There is no fdimage on the CD, I used fdimage from a slackware linux CD. >Maybe the iso did messed up, >how do I check it? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent Stewart >To: Amir Hardon >Cc: Brian Sheppard ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Date: ??? ????? 24 ?????? 2000 00:24 >Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation > > >> >> >>Amir Hardon wrote: >>> >>> I created the floppies once with fdimage and once with dd(From >slackware), >>> I do insert the kern.flp floppy first. >>> I can't set all the devices in the boot sequence to be the floppy(I'm >using >>> Award BIOS), I don't get any error message, the computer loads the next >>> device in the boot sequence, I tried bootiing with this floppy on 2 >>> computers, it didn't work on both. >> >>I don't have any idea. I used my copy of the 4.1-iso on a W2k Server >>to create both floppies, walked into the other room and stuck kern.flp >>into the floppy and had the system restart. The new floppies booted >>just fine. >> >>If your copy of the iso was messed up, I can't imagine fdimage working >>from it to create the floppies. I've never seen anything like that die >>silently. >> >>Kent >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kent Stewart >>> To: Brian Sheppard >>> Cc: Amir Hardon ; >freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org >>> >>> Date: ??? ????? 24 ?????? 2000 00:03 >>> Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation >>> >>> > >>> > >>> >Brian Sheppard wrote: >>> >> >>> >> When booting from the FreeBSD floppy, does the floppy drive read the >disk >>> >> but reject it? What error does it show? System failure, not a valid >>> system >>> >> disk, etc. No prompt or message at all? In the BIOS, do boot up >floppy >>> >> seek and make the first, second and third devices all the floppy >drive. >>> >> >>> >> Also, the kern.flp is first. Then it asks for mfs one >>> > >>> >I also wonder if the floppies were created with fdimage. When you use >>> >the files on the CDROM and windows to create the FreeBSD boot >>> >floppies, you can cd \floppies and then create the floppies using >>> >"..\tools\fdimage kern.flp a:" and similarly for mfsroot.flp. >>> > >>> >Kent >>> > >>> >> >>> >> Brian >>> >> >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >> From: "Amir Hardon" >>> >> To: >>> >> Cc: >>> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 6:53 PM >>> >> Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation >>> >> >>> >> > Well, in the BIOS boot sequence the floppy is first, >>> >> > I tried replacing the FreeBSD floppy wth Windows98 floppy and the 98 >>> >> floppy >>> >> > booted. >>> >> > >>> >> > -----Original Message----- >>> >> > From: Kent Stewart >>> >> > To: Amir Hardon >>> >> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>> >> > Date: ??? ????? 23 ?????? 2000 23:47 >>> >> > Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >Amir Hardon wrote: >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> There is no error message, the computer simply boots into the >>> current >>> >> > >> installed system. >>> >> > >> I'm made the kernerl floppy ut of kern.flp found in the floppies >>> >> > directory >>> >> > >> on the CD, >>> >> > >> I burned the CD out of a iso file that I downloaded in binary >mode. >>> >> > > >>> >> > >It sounds like your bios is set to boot from you HD. I tried making >>> >> > >the floppies from the 4.1-iso I downloaded and they booted my >system >>> >> > >just fine. >>> >> > > >>> >> > >Kent >>> >> > > >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> > >> From: Alfred Perlstein >>> >> > >> To: Amir Hardon >>> >> > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>> >> > >> Date: ??? ????? 23 ?????? 2000 23:33 >>> >> > >> Subject: Re: Cannot boot into installation >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >* Amir Hardon [000823 14:18] wrote: >>> >> > >> >> Hello all, >>> >> > >> >> I downloaded FreeBSD 4.1 iso image, and burned it. >>> >> > >> >> I can't boot from the CD, >>> >> > >> >> so I created boot floppies but the kernel floopy doesn't boot. >>> >> > >> >> What should I do? >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> >What kernel boot floppy? Where did you get it from? Are you >>> >> > >> >sure you downloaded it in binary mode? What size is it and what >>> >> > >> >is it's name? >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> >-Alfred >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>> >> > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> >> > > >>> >> > >-- >>> >> > >Kent Stewart >>> >> > >Richland, WA >>> >> > > >>> >> > >mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com >>> >> > >http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html >>> >> > >FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>> >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Kent Stewart >>> >Richland, WA >>> > >>> >mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com >>> >http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html >>> >FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ >>> > >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >>-- >>Kent Stewart >>Richland, WA >> >>mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com >>http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html >>FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message