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Date:      Sat, 08 Apr 2000 23:39:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kyle Peterson <kyle_peterson1@hotmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Tech Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: Free BSD v3.4 Bootdisk problems
Message-ID:  <200004090339.XAA09712@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20000408193254.87845.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On 02-Apr-00 Kyle Peterson wrote:
> I am having this strange problem when trying to boot with the kern.flp image
> on my Compaq Pressario computer.  When I try to boot from the disk the
> computer starts to read the floppy, but then the screen stays black and that
> is as far as it gets.  If I try the exact same disk on any one of my other
> machines it works fine.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you
> very much.

Does it say "Keyboard: No"?  If so, press a key right when it starts up, and
type '-h' at the "boot:" prompt and press Enter.

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