Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:41:53 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Production Release 5.3 Installation Won't Boot Message-ID: <200501021341.54023.freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <200412310703.06294.algould@datawok.com> References: <20041231111916.86047.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com> <200412310703.06294.algould@datawok.com>
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On Friday 31 December 2004 14:03, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > On Friday 31 December 2004 05:19 am, babaloo munchies wrote: > > 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. Comparing the md5sum of the image with the one at the server might save bandwidth. Regards Fabian
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