Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:53:51 -0700 From: "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com> To: "Nathan Kinkade" <nkinkade@dsl-only.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kern.flp Message-ID: <02ca01c20d0d$c7ee62e0$0a01a8c0@mswolf> References: <20020606010231.K179-100000@kmart.lan.palfreman.com><025801c20cf1$4e56fad0$0a01a8c0@mswolf><20020605211028.7108d021.jud@myrealbox.com><02b801c20cf9$638a1920$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <20020605204506.4e791377.nkinkade@dsl-only.com>
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> > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to install 4.5 release on a second machine > > > > > > replacing a Linux installation. I used the same process as > > > > > > the first machine a former win2k box. This time I am having > > > > > > problems with the bootdisks. The system refuses to accept the > > > > > > kern.flp disk as a boot disk. Any ideas on what could cause > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > Faulty disk or drive. Floppy disks are at the end of their > > > > > technological lifespan and many of the disks and drive units > > > > > become spontaneously faulty. Try a different disk and make sure > > > > > you can boot the FreeBSD installer off a different machine to > > > > > eliminate the possibility of drive faults. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Bill. > > > > > > > Thanks for the responce. I wish the problem was this simple. > > > > I have replaced the FD drive, the cable and new disks with no > > > > success. It turns out though that I can not load any other > > > > boot disk either. I wish that you could make a bootable > > > > CD instead of the floppies. > > > > > > Does your BIOS allow you to choose what you'll boot from? What does > > > it say? > > > > Yeah I have it set to boot from floppy first. I also tried setting > > boot from floopy only. > > Currently the machine loaded with Linux and I can not even mount the > > drive. Being that it's all new in that area, I am confused. > > Is the BIOS even detecting your floppy drive? Is the "Boot Floppy Seek" > ,or some similar option, in BIOS enabled?...just to make sure the BIOS > sees the drive. Just to be sure that I'm understanding you correctly, > are you saying that the same boot floppies work fine on other machines? > The BIOS auto detects the drives on boot. The "Boot Floppy Seek" is in fact enabled. Something else seems to be at play here. I can not seem to boot off the cdrom either. I have RedHat 7.2 installed now. It is using the GRUB loader and I am wondering if this is causing problems? I want to remove the RH installation completely. It is almost as if my devices are useless until RH loads. This doesn't seem to make sense but I can't explain otherwise. Yes the floppies work with no issue on my other machine... I am lost on this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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