Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:56:44 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk, "Rob K" <robks@eircom.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot floppies Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010929145644.03f12c60@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <g65crtkuvhehhqal6eba6cg9pimu1hp9kl@4ax.com> References: <000701c1487f$e0c778e0$73a5869f@oemcomputer> <000701c1487f$e0c778e0$73a5869f@oemcomputer>
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I've encountered that same strange problem... without trying to understand it, I always solved it by making the bootup enter the BIOS setup, save it (without any changes) and exit... reboot and voila! The floppy works fine then... dunno why. At 07:38 PM 9.29.2001 +0100, John Murphy wrote: >"Rob K" <robks@eircom.net> wrote: > >>I have changed my BIOS boot order to CD, >>Floppy then hard drive but when I insert the KERN.FLP disk to boot the >>computer and turn on the power the computer stops after a few seconds. > >Try making the boot order Floppy first perhaps. > >Can you boot from a bootable DOS floppy? > >John. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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