Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:03:06 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Production Release 5.3 Installation Won't Boot Message-ID: <200412310703.06294.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <20041231111916.86047.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041231111916.86047.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday 31 December 2004 05:19 am, babaloo munchies wrote: > Hello, > > I downloaded ISO images disc 1 & disc 2 & the boot > disk for FreeBSD 5.3 to install on a Pentium MMX > machine. None of these discs will boot for the > installation! What happens is the CD drive fires up, > I see a couple of lines from FreeBSD--the bootloader > or something--it acts like it's trying to boot. The > CD drive spins up, the two or three lines flash on the > screen but then the whole computer restarts. It keeps > doing this over and over again for each disc. > > I had an old FreeBSD 4.8 disc and it booted fine. I > thought maybe my burner had problems so I burned a > Linux distro and it booted fine. > > So the problem cannot be the CD medium (3 cds w/ same > problem?), not the CD burner and not the machine. > What's going on? This is the third time I've tried > FreeBSD and failed to get it to work. I just give up > and revert to linux because at least I can install it > each and every time. But I want to use FreeBSD. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Perhaps the problem is with the iso image. Try downloading the iso file for CD1 again. Good luck, Andrew Gould
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