Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:13:28 +0100 From: "David Larkin" <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk> To: "Julian Elischer" <julian@whistle.com>, "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <Nick.Hibma@jrc.it> Subject: Re: Fixit floppy 2.2.5 can't find file boot.conf Message-ID: <199808141111.EAA06946@hub.freebsd.org>
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> From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> > To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> > Cc: David Larkin <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Nick.Hibma@jrc.it > Subject: Re: Fixit floppy 2.2.5 can't find file boot.conf > Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 10:44 PM > > you need to boot the BOOT floppy and then swap to the fixit floppy AFTER > selecting the "Fixit" entry in the menu. > The fixit floppy has no kernel. > YES !! That was the problem. FIXIT is now booting, Now to address the original problem. Thanks for the help > > On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, David Larkin wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to boot the fixit floppy for 2.2.5 but I'm having a problem > > > > > > I created a floppy in DOS > > > > tools\rawrite floppies\boot.flp > > > > > > but when I boot the floppy I get > > > > > > Can't find file > > > boot.conf > > > boot.help > > > > > > FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000 .......... > > > Boot default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel > > > > > > boot: > > > Can't find kernel > > > > > > I've created 3 floppies, and tried them on 2 machines with same result > > > I've also created a boot floppy and that works fine > > > > > > Any ideas what's going wrong ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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