Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:32:29 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: greg simonoff <gsimonoff@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ref: Installing on a 486dx4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912110030440.11755-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3851F66E.31E4B9A0@geocities.com>
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I've installed on a couple of 486 machines. How much memory does it have? I think the requirement for 3.x is 12 megs. Do you have the right disks there? kern.flp and then mfsroot.flp? Annelise On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, greg simonoff wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to load FreeBSD3.2 > > Here's what happens. I make the Kernel and > the boot floppy. I cold start to the Kernel > floppy and after some probing it > I am eventually told to insert the boot floppy. The > system then does a warm boot, and > as soon as the boot floppy starts it promptly > imforms me that there is no kernal loaded. So > somehow between the time the first floppy is > run and the second floppy is loaded the kernel > has disappeared? But, of course if the kernel was > loaded in memory by the kernel disk and the machine > reboots then how can the second disk find the kernel? > What is supposed to be happening? > > GREG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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