Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:19:24 -0500 From: Michael Jaskowiak <skovian@interpath.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bootable floppy Message-ID: <369E5F5C.7FF1@interpath.com>
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Hello, My name is Michael Jaskowiak and I have been using FreeBSD for about two years. I am trying to make a FreeBSD bootable disk (2.2.8) that will allow me to mount a CD and untar files from it. Before going further, I will add that I have had no luck whatsoever with the PicoBSD floppies of any version. When I try to make them, I can never get them to boot. Anyway, the floppy that I am trying to build is the same one that is in the handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook139.html#267). The only things that I have changed are the names of the devices. I am using IDE stuff and not SCSI. The kernel compiles OK and I can get it to the floppy, I can type in '-s' at the 'boot:' prompt, it probes the required devices, and then it does nothing. I don't get any kind of login prompt, nothing telling me to hit enter for /bin/sh, or anything. Nothing happens when I hit enter or any of the other keys. I have tried making this disk on different computers that run 2.2.5, 2.2.7 and 2.2.8 with the same results. Is there something that is not on that page? What could I be doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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