Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:43:23 -0500 From: Michael Grommet <mgrommet@isiar.net> To: 'Sheldon Hearn' <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, "'e l l e :)'" <suzuki@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD install Message-ID: <7011ACE3864AD31183E50008C7FA081F01D4E5@ISIMAIN>
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I've seen the exact prompt you are talking about if you are using a hard drive overlay... -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sheldon Hearn Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 5:42 AM To: e l l e :) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD install On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:06:17 MST, "e l l e :)" wrote: > My bios boot sequence reads: A, C, SCSI. Ok. I restart the computer > and there's a point in startup when the screen displays, "hit '^' to > boot from floppy." So I do that. That's weird. It looks like something specific to your computer. If you use a DOS boot disk or something else, do you also get this prompt? > This takes me to some foreign place where it reads, "Hit A to boot > from a:" so I do that, after sticking in the kern.flp floppy in a. This is also not something I've seen with FreeBSD installs, so it's probably _also_ something specific to your computer. > You can tell that the a: is being read briefly, and then the words, > "starting win 95" shows up on the screen. If I had to guess, I'd say your computer does some odd stuff when trying to boot off a floppy and probably expects to find certain stuff on the floppy that it's not finding. So it assumes the diskette isn't bootable and skips it. I'd suggest that you either post to the list more information about the kind of computer you're using, or ask someone who knows the computer what's going on. Good luck! Ciao, Sheldon. 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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