From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 27 16:19:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DC8F14F6A for ; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:19:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA01992; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:20:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA39149; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:18:44 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id TAA49212; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:18:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:18:44 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199903280018.TAA49212@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wood@freeq.com Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable In-Reply-To: <36FD7335.96FB761D@freeq.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > My business partner just spent three hours trying to install 3.1 STABLE > onto a new system, and always got "bad format" errors (or something > similar) when we tried to load the kernel upon boot. > > When we switched to the 3.0 CD-ROM, the system loaded and booted fine. > In every case, we used the "minimum" configuration. My partner and I > have both performed dozens of successful installations in the past, both > via net and CD. I can only assume that 3.1 STABLE is not suitable for > release. > > BTW, I cam currently not on this mailing list, so please reply > privately, or tell me where I can find a web archive. Thank you. > > Brian D. Woodruff > Brian - It's not quite clear what you're looking for when you say "web archive" - but I think you might find what you're looking for at http://www.freebsd.org However, when you get "bad format" errors; can you be more specific... exactly when did this happen? On booting the floppy, or after a succesful installation? Can you describe the hardware? (You mention it is a new system....) Perhaps with some information in-hand, someone will recognize the problem, and you'll not have to spend too much more time on it... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message