From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 19 10:52:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dax.belen.k12.nm.us (dax.belen.k12.nm.us [206.206.121.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB2911450 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:52:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us) Received: from localhost (wildcard@localhost) by dax.belen.k12.nm.us (8.9.2/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA09512 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:54:36 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:54:35 -0700 (MST) From: wildcardus freakis To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: AGAIN 3.1-RELEASE and boot.flp In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry haven't gotten ANY messages from Freebsd-questions which is wierd...cause usually I'm flooded...So I'm reposting. tried someones idea of typing "boot" but to no help... I have a clean 2.1G drive and it's a p-133 it doesn't have duel partitions or anything...I want to dangerously dedicate this machine to FreeBSD. The prompt is: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel boot: As I stated below I have tried /kernel, /kernel.gz, /mfsroot, /mfsroot.gz, and now I have tried boot, show, and ? all I get is: No kernel No mfsroot No Show No Boot or Invalid format Thanks SAsha > > > Cool...I dl'd the 3.1-RELEASE floppies and am now sitting in front > of a boot prompt...I read the README.TXT with the floppies and it says > nothing about booting options/variables/etc.... > > I tried the usual method 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > /kernel.gz > /mfsroot > /mfsroot.gz > > so...(for lack of better formulation of a question) What do I type next? > > > > > Thanks > Sasha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > GCM/CS/CC/GO d--- s: a--- C+++(++++) ULB+++(++++) P+ L++(+++) E--- W+(++) N+ O > K---- W---- O M-- V PS! PE! Y++ PGP++(+++) t++:+++> 5++ X++@ R+@ tv++ b++:+++> DDI+++ D++ G++:+++> e:+> h*:++@ r- !y+ > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > www.geekcode.com > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: 2.6.2 > > mQCNAza/c7UAAAEEAOmJDB7LkJqynF6nlLRNTLPq23PKnU5G+mNCACKJBlzwJuQ8 > tohYSan+4QKY0l6Ton547LU/r49YNIx8tqACfLhbyMWiumOL1cRCYMufCnjEeWDa > d73LbKRvHgyMcGopiAIqLk7ieJ/Xc6joVN3GojpM3Zoy96dSUyTheUku+Y9tAAUR > tB93aWxkY2FyZEBpbi1kYXguYmVsZW4uazEyLm5tLnVz > =UM6D > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > This is the way the world ends > This is the way the world ends > This is the way the world ends > Not with a Bang, but with a whimper. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message