Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 13:39:04 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Kai Schmidt <ks@hirvi.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 3.1 on a Multia box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905021338310.555-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199905021038.MAA19143@karhu.hirvi.net>
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, Kai Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > > I am just trying to install Free BSD 3.1 on a Multia which runs NT at the > moment. As recommended I downloaded the kern.flp and the the mfsroot.flp > floppy images to my Linux box and did a dd if=image of=/dev/fd0 the system > reports that 2880 records are written to the disk. > > I also tried the dd with of=/dev/rfd0 on my FreeBSD 3.1 Intel box. > > I upgraded the firmware to 3.8 and started up with the srm ( Digital Unix ) > console. > > When I insert my kern floppy and do I boot dva0 which is my floppy drive, it > complains about a bootstrap error. > > The error says: > (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0) > block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is not a valid boot block > bootstrap failure > > Any hints? Exactly where did you download these boot floppies from? -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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