Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:25 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Paul Shi <shihang@hkusua.hku.hk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while installing FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20100102125125.GA19627@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <ea6713a21001020200x72bf2164h1008b2353b3d3383@mail.gmail.com> References: <ea6713a21001020200x72bf2164h1008b2353b3d3383@mail.gmail.com>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 06:00:07PM +0800, Paul Shi wrote: > Dear Everyone, >=20 > I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at > the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. >=20 > I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned > it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD disc and boot > from CDROM as I have chose the CDROM to be first one in boot order. Howev= er, > system starts booting from FD, invokes some Caldera DR-DOS and goes to > command prompt [DR-DOS] A:\> Remove the floppy disk from the drive, so it cannot boot from it, and try again. Are you sure you _saved_ the BIOS settings after changing the boot order? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks/QU0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyW2ZACfdsmino0CsoFrOWzeYl7r/QVg rnoAoIgbSVBmoJ3nRgRdOEAm3ASVJACI =nIVY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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