Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:44:38 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Ashwin Kotian <ashwin@comstocksys.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Floppy Boot installation problems: Plz help Message-ID: <20011122043947.L52209-100000@big> In-Reply-To: <1006310148.3bfb1304b6625@mail.comstocksys.com>
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Ashwin Kotian wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to install the current stable version > of FreeBSD v.4.4 through the floppy boot installation > method. I've used fresh new floppies & have formatted > them under Linux (and also Windows NT ). I've copied the > image files for kern.flp & mfsroot.flp onto 2 individual > floppies. I've been able to boot from both floppies in > succession till the phase where we resolve the conflicts > during installation. However inspite of specifying the > minimum hardware for the kernel to probe, once I quit & > save the parameters, after probing for the common > devices until it finishes probing the system console > device, the machine stays hung up. I've tried with a no. > of new floppies. Also the image files which I dowloaded > were in binary mode. Still I'm unable to proceed with > the installation of FreeBSD. This machine currently has > FreeBSD v4.3 installed & running, however I've read that > it is better to redo the entire installation from > scratch rather than do the upgrade. No, try to upgrade. You cannot destroy and rebuild your system completely every quarter of a year. Regards, Uli. > Any help here will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks a lot, > > Ashwin. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with > "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > ************************************ * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * * Germany * * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * ************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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