Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:38:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@c-com.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HP Vectra Booting Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961030183708.2083E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961030105210.9246A-100000@dyslexic.phoenix.net>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Geoff Mohler wrote: > Im working with an HP Vectra VL, Series4 5/166. > > It has 16Mb of ram, and a 1.2G hard drive. > > It came with W95 and worked fine..of course. > > I have tried to install FBSD about 5 times now..and although the install > goes great, the machine refuses to boot FBSD. > > The machine responds "Read Error" when it jumps from the floppy to the HD > to boot. Have you tried this disk in another machine? Try a new floppy and/or make sure the floppy drive is configured properly and the machine is set up to boot A: first. 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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