Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 05:32:25 +1000 From: Andrew Khoo - ArkSoft Systems <arksoft@geko.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD setup problem Message-ID: <199509091932.FAA02098@zonk.geko.com.au>
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At 15:05 08/09/95 -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: >> the problem is this: when i insert the FreeBSD 2.0 boot floppy, everything >> goes according to plan until it attempts to mount the floppy device as the >> root filesystem. it then panics and reboots. after the reboot, my bios >> tells me that the floppy drive is not correct. i then enter my CMOS setup, >> and save & exit (my floppy is, indeed, still correct in the setup). hmmm... >> both MS-DOS and Linux (ugh, which is worse?) load and operate without error. > >do try a newer disk.. I just did a 2.0.5R install last week using FTP images from archie.au. The boot.flp in UPGRADES presented the same problem above. Using the old boot.flp image from /floppies allowed me to properly complete the install. >+----------------------------------+ ______ _ __ >| __--_|\ Julian Elischer | \ U \/ / On assignment >| / \ julian@ref.tfs.com +------>x USA \ in a very strange >| ( OZ ) 300 lakeside Dr. oakland CA. \___ ___ | country ! >+- X_.---._/ USA+(510) 645-3137(wk) \_/ \\ > v My sympathies :)...i also suffer the same fate every few months :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Khoo | ArkSoft Systems | Email arksoft@geko.com.au 34 Portman Street | Phone +61-2-310-3315 Zetland NSW 2017 | Fax +61-2-310-3362 AUSTRALIA | GSM +61-41-486-1234 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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