Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:20:00 -0300 (EST) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting 2.2-SNAP Message-ID: <199606242020.RAA15887@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br>
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// From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> // Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:20:13 -0700 (PDT) // Subject: Re: Problems boot 2.2-SNAP // // On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: // // > I'm trying to install 2.2-SNAP on my desktop machine, which is already // > running 2.1.0-RELEASE. But both 960501 and 960612 SNAPs could not boot // > in it. // > // > It loads from the floppy, uncompresses itself and print the message // > "Booting ...". After this, nothing more happens. I have installed // > it on other machines, so I think it's not my fault. // > // > This machine is a 486DX2/66, 40 MB RAM (no parity), Chipset ALI, VESA BUS, // > Cirrus SVGA, NE2000 NIC, 2 IDE Drives. // // I chant the mantra: // // 1) Is it an ERROR-FREE floppy? Yes. I used it to install other machines. // 2) Was the image downloaded in BINARY mode? See above... // 3) If you are running under Win95, are you booting to MS-DOS to write // the image? I'm doing an upgrade from 2.1-RELEASE. I used dd. :) Windows-NT -> Windows ? No Thanks ! // Doug White | University of Oregon // Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant // http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major The curious thing is that 2.1-R runs PERFECTLY. Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 ( Job ) jonny@cisi.coppe.ufrj.br Network Manager UFRJ/COPPE/CISI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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