Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:37:10 +0300 From: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Len Conrad" <LConrad@Go2France.com> Subject: Re: can't boot 4.2R Message-ID: <001901c098de$5f715b40$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010217131639.01ac6030@mail.Go2France.com>
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I don't understand. What boot manager has to do with CDROM? If you want to bood from a CDROM then you BIOS must support bootable CD's. If it does not - upgrade your BIOS. If it is not upgradable- you are stuck with floppies. Or am i missing something? Artem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: can't boot 4.2R > 4.2-R from ISO image (but it wont't boot from the image, only from > dskts, while I have booted from this ISO image CDROM on other > machines), 32 M RAM, 350 megs IDE disk, to be a dedicated NS. > > I've installed about 6 times now, always error free, except it won't > boot, from ISO and from ftp.de.freebsd.org. > > When I choose no boot manager, "invalid partition table". > > When I choose boot manager, I get the F1 F2 F3 menu, but hitting F1 > (or any F) just beeps, doesn't boot. > > I've bounced back and forth between no boot mgr/boot manager, hoping > rewriting the partition table would work, plus I've changed partition > sizes a few times. > > This disk was booting FreeBSD 3.4 just fine in a compaq 466, now retired. > > Len > > > > 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
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