Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:38:59 -0400 From: pete collins <pcollins@ocsny.com> To: Fabrizio Invernizzi <Fabrizio.Invernizzi@CSELT.IT> Cc: FreeBSD QUESTIONS <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Guardini Ivano <Ivano.Guardini@CSELT.IT> Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD-3.1 Message-ID: <37272B93.4073E653@ocsny.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990428152049.27904D-100000@satchmo>
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on some machines like old compaqs you have to specify in the bios that the os is UNIX maybe a clue :-) pete Fabrizio Invernizzi wrote: > Hi, > > As I told in my previus mail , I can' t install FreeBSD 3.1 on my PC. > > This is exactly what I did: > > 1- I downloaded via FTP (not using NETSCAPE and in BINARY MODE) kern.flp > and > mfsroot.flp. > 2- I formatted 2 (new) floppies with : fdformat /dev/rfd0 (I tried > with different floppies) > 3- I copied the two files on the floppies with : dd if=___.flp > of=/dev/rfd0 > 4- I boot the PC with the kern floppy into the drive > 5- When the bootstrap loader asks me for the MFS root floppy I inserted it > and press enter, but the result was: > > int=0000000e err=00000004 elf=00030246 eip=00002147 > eax=00002001 ebx=00000000 ecx=0000df07 edx=000003f5 > esi=0000a9a3 edi=0000a9a3 epb=000003e8 esp=000003de > cs=ebce ds=0040 es=f000 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9db7 > cs:eip=8a 64 0a 8a c4 d0 e4 c0-e8 02 02 e0 b0 ff 2a c4 > ss:esp=00 f0 6a 21 37 29 9e 25-a3 a9 00 00 fe 9d a3 a9 > System halted > > I tried the same floppies on two other PCs: they works only on one of > them (the one they didn' t work onto gave the same problem). > > I tried also with the boot.flp of the 2.2.8-RELEASE and this works fine. > > Can anyone help me? > > Fabrizio Invernizzi > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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