Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:44:00 -0500 From: bob olbrich <rjob@gulftel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixit floppy and 3.1-RELEASE boot problems Message-ID: <37082370.A7F44F42@gulftel.com> References: <37002E62.3ECAC3E4@gulftel.com> <3702509F.E8F370CA@grawlfang.demon.co.uk>
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Thanks.You got the answer for the boot easy! I tried booting with a boot.flp floppy using 1:wd(0,a)kernel and all I got was: ERROR: D:0x81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Also, I've had trouble finding information on the fixit floppy. I would still like to check the filesystem with it. Is there anyone out there who knows how to do it? Bob Olbrich Mark Redding wrote: > You say that "F2" does not work...Implying that you have some other > "operating system" installed alongside freebsd. Could it be that your > freebsd partition is at the end of the disk and that the booteasy cannot > access this far into it (500MB BIOS limits usually prevent this). > I'd suggest downloading a boot floppy and trying to boot ther hard drive > from that instead. > > Mark. > > bob olbrich wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm still having troubles trying to get FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE > > to boot. I've used the FTP method to install. I can see the > > bin distribution downloading and DEBUG output shows it > > successful. When the system reboots, F2 in the booteasy > > does not work. > > I was wondering if the fixit floppy may be useful. I've never > > used it. Can I get a list of commands for it? Does it have a way > > to check the filesystem? Can I boot from it? I used the kern.flp and > > mfsroot.flp. Do these obsolete the boot.flp? > > > > My machine is a HP Pavillion with a single drive (Quantum Bigfoot > > 11.5MB) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob Olbrich rjob@gulftel.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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