From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 12:45:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D8BB37B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:45:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2108543E3B for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:45:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id VAA13859; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:45:17 +0100 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ACED92FDAB2; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:44:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:44:45 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Assayer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't boot with FTP floppies Message-ID: <20021123204445.GB77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Assayer , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 lines as long as 436 characters? hit enter every now and then, please! # labfire@mindspring.com / 2002-11-20 11:59:45 -0800: > I downloaded your FTP boot floppies for versions 4.6, then 4.6.2, and > 4.7, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, used FDImage to put them on MSDos > floppies but they failed to get an options screen after both disks > were loaded. Kern.flp loaded then the mfsroot.flp loaded but > produced a boot prompt and nothing else, giving the message "No > /boot/loader" and then "No /Kernel". Hitting the "enter" key did > nothing except repeat the boot prompt. > > I then tried version Free BSD 4.4 floppy files from a CD, kern.flp and > mfsroot.flp, using FDImage, and they worked fine, putting me into an > options screen for partitioning the hard drive. I noticed the CD > floppy files had a /sysinstall screen that the FTP floppies lacked. > > Is part of the boot loader missing from your more recent version FTP > floppy files? > > I've tried everything, even reading the instructions, but nothing > works except the earlier boot floppies from the CD. yesterday I installed 4.7 on an old 486 box using kern.flp, mfsroot.flp, and 4.7-mini.iso fetched from one of the freebsd ftp servers (BIOS in the box can't boot from cdrom). your problem is some kind of incompatibility between the code and your hardware, but nothing's missing from those images, that's for sure. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message