Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:10:18 +0200 From: Armand Passelac <apasselac@free.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems Installing FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Message-ID: <20030822091018.GB2593@freebie.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20030822083247.GB9151@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20030822002731.90582.qmail@web20508.mail.yahoo.com> <20030822083247.GB9151@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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I'm not an FreeBSD expert (as you I'm coming from linux). But when I installed my FreeBSD on my old PC, I used these commands to preparing boot floppies : (On linux ...) : dd if=/mnt/cdrom/floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 bs=36b dd if=/mnt/cdrom/floppies/mfsroot.flp of=/dev/fd0 bs=36b dd if=/mnt/cdrom/floppies/drivers.flp of=/dev/fd0 bs=36b Then put the CDROM and the first floppy (kern.flp) And then follow the instructions (next floppy : mfsroot.flp) It should be work. Bye [---- On Fri, 22 Aug, 2003 at 9:32, Matthew Seaman wrote: ----] Matthew> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 05:27:31PM -0700, R B wrote: Matthew> > hi my name is pyr0teknix696 and i've been using linux Matthew> > for 3 years and decided to try freebsd on an old AST Matthew> > x486 with 32MB ram and a 3.16G HDD my problem is that Matthew> > the BIOS is not able to boot from CROM drives so i Matthew> > read through the docs and BSD and it says to create Matthew> > boot floppies with fdimage i do everything im supposed Matthew> > to do and the I reboot off the kernel.flp disk that Matthew> > works fine then it says to put in msfroot.flp disk i Matthew> > do that and then hit enter the problem is i reboot and Matthew> > it gives a message saying something like this: Matthew> > Matthew> > /kernel Matthew> > default 0:fd(0,a)fd0 Matthew> > boot: Matthew> > Matthew> > i dont know what this is can you please help me so Matthew> > that i can actually get to the installation process Matthew> Matthew> Sounds to me like your mfsroot.flp disk didn't come out quite right. Matthew> Floppies are not at all reliable, and a single bad sector will stop Matthew> them working for the FreeBSD install -- the install floppies have to Matthew> pack in a great deal of stuff and they need to use practically every Matthew> available byte on the disks. Matthew> Matthew> Try again building a new mfsroot.flp disk, preferably on a brand new Matthew> floppy. Matthew> Matthew> Cheers, Matthew> Matthew> Matthew Matthew> Matthew> -- Matthew> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Matthew> Savill Way Matthew> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Matthew> Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK [---- End of original mail from Matthew Seaman ----]
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