Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:17:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: cbsled@moose.ncia.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problem from OS/2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208151547.13271R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199712080629.BAA18971@moose.ncia.net>
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 cbsled@moose.ncia.net wrote: > I couldn't get FBSDBOOT.EXE to run in an OS/2 DOS session. It gave the > message: "Could not switch to protected mode." Anyone know of DOS settings > that will make it work? I do not have "real" DOS on this (Micro$oft-Free) > system. fbsdboot won't work from protected-mode enviroments (DOS/EMM386, OS/2, Windows 95/NT). Install the boot manager instead. > Since that failed, I tried making the BSD boot floppy. That gets as far as > the "Boot:" prompt, then, if left alone, apparently looks for sd0, which > doesn't exist. I tried to direct it to fd0, it says it can't find /kernel. > Since I can't examine the contents of the floppy, I'm lost. > I tried: fd(0,a)/kernel > and: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel > as suggested on-screen, and a couple other things. No luck. It sounds like the disk image is corrupted. fd(0,a)kernel should work. What error message(s) are you getting? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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