Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 09:17:03 -700 (PDT) From: Anthony Graphics <agl@sequoiap.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-install@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing 2.0.5-R: no kernel gets to the / :-( Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9507140928.B4837-0100000@sheba.sequoiap.com> In-Reply-To: <199507140307.MAA15328@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > Please don't post questions to the hackers mailing list. > > Anthony Graphics stands accused of saying: > > > > I'm trying to install 2.0.5-R but after removing cpio floppy\ > > boot procedure can't complete: to kernel is available on the hard disk? > > ? shows stand etc bin, a couple of other dirs: but no kernel :-( > > This, I'm afraid, makes no sense at all. There is no 'cpio' floppy > with 2.0.5. If you mean that you've installed the 'root' floppy > and the system won't boot, that's just the way it should be - the kernel > is part of the bin distribution. Yes, I mean root floppy ok, but how can I boot off the hard drive as the install procedure suggests? I tried to specify fd(0,a)/kernel and installing boot floppy into floppy drive but ended up in the same menutils as I seen after booting freebsd off the floppy. AGL > > > AGL > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ > ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[ >
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