Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 10:29:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: 3.4 CD boot nogo on GA-BX2000/PIII-500 Message-ID: <200002071529.KAA81696@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200002070753.IAA44194@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On 07-Feb-00 Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > I tried to do an upgrade of a 3.3 system which I installed > yesterday (the 3.3 CD didn't boot either - Atapi CD as master on first > IDE controller). When trying to boot the 3.4 CD I got > > 1. FD 2.88 MB System Type (00) > > and then lock-o-city. Apparently your BIOS doesn't grok 2.88 floppies very well. You should be able to boot fine off of the boot floppies. I'm working on a fix for this that should hopefully be ready for 3.5 and 4.1. > I believe this message comes from the FreeBSD boot loader. > (I have a 1.44 MB Floppy in the system BTW). > OK, I'll continue with creating floppies... > > -- > Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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