Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 01:21:33 GMT From: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net To: "freebsd-questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: VIA C3 - cant boot CD Message-ID: <200609010121.k811LXog001366@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net>
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i have an ML6000 (no floppy) and have downloaded the 4.11 mini-iso image, and burned it to a CD-RW. CPU: VIA C3 Nehemiah (666.55-MHz 686-class CPU) after rebooting, the CD is found, and a boot attempt is made. within 5 seconds, the kernel locks up after about 3 seconds of the kernel data+234238 text+23432 stuff and the /-\|/-\ twirling prompt, leaving a "/" as the first character on the next line. the ISO is the exact size it should be, and i could "gzip -t mfsroot.gz" in the /boot directory without error - so i guess it's a good image. i am running 4.10 currently, and have no boot problems off the hard drive. any ideas as to what could cause this lock-up at boot time? i thought the ISO's are made with the mkisofs --no-emul-boot, yet the CD is recognized as a 2.88 floppy, and boots 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader. i never booted off CD's before, and don't know what i should expect exactly. thanks.
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