From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 17 0: 3:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orca.ucd.ie (orca.ucd.ie [137.43.4.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B387737B409 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 27927 invoked by uid 13145); 17 Jun 2002 07:03:31 -0000 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:03:31 +0100 From: Niall James O'Higgins To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: yet another 4.6 install question Message-ID: <20020617070331.GB27546@orca.ucd.ie> Reply-To: Niall James O'Higgins References: <000601c215ca$2efbb4a0$0201a8c0@tjsbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000601c215ca$2efbb4a0$0201a8c0@tjsbox> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 02:42:42AM -0400, Tommie TJ Fitzgerald, Jr. wrote: > I just downloaded the FreeBSD disc 1 iso and made an install disc with it. > The md5 sum for the file was correct. I am trying to install on an Emachine > w/ a AMD-K6 333 and 96(?) megs RAM. I have the boot order set to floppy, > cdrom, hd1. The first time I booted it read the cd but kept going and > booted into Windows 98. So I deleted all the partitions on the hd from a > boot floppy, and then when I tried to boot from the install cd I got this: > > 002 : NO ROM BASIC > 001 : SYSTEM HALTED Your system might have a problem booting from CDs. You could try making installation floppies and booting that way. -- Niall James O'Higgins | njo@sig11.com | http://www.sig11.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Goldenstern's Rules: (1) Always hire a rich attorney (2) Never buy from a rich salesman. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message