From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 11:29:08 2005 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 766A516A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:29:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vscan41.melbpc.org.au (eagle.melbpc.org.au [203.12.152.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB4143D58 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:29:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gabpaul@numbat.melbpc.org.au) Received: from virusscan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 68C809D05 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:29:05 +1000 (EST) Received: from vscan41.melbpc.org.au ([127.0.0.1]) by eagle.melbpc.org.au ([203.12.152.41]) with SMTP (gateway) id A0413E66DBE; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:29:05 +1000 Received: by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 379169D0A; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:29:05 +1000 (EST) Received: from a2-6.melbpc.org.au (a2-6.melbpc.org.au [203.12.157.6]) by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A829BC2 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:29:03 +1000 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:29:02 +1000 From: "Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Win32, build 3778) X-Filtered-With: renattach 1.2.1 X-RenAttach-Info: mode=badlist action=rename count=0 Subject: difficulty installing 5.3-R i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gabpaul@melbpc.org.au List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:29:08 -0000 Hi all, I have an old old pentium, scsi HDD + floppy + CDROM, 16 MB of somewhat dubious ram... I have 5.3R CDs 1 and 2 I have 3 seemingly working floppies (after writing to 6 disks... ofcourse!) boot goes like this... boot disk. kern1 kern2 boot boot screen with about 8 options, none of which seem to be the installation option... then reboots back to floppy... I do not seem to have a way of getting to sysinstall!!! -- ########## Paul van den Bergen, #### # Gabrielle Harrison # # # & Anja van den Bergen # #### # 848 High Street Rd #### # # Glen Waverley VIC 3150 Australia # ###### gabpaul@melbpc.org.au # # ph: +613 9886 3160 ##### mob: 042 886 3160