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Date:      Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:38:39 +0000
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Lott?= <soren3@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cant boot 6-current sesnap
Message-ID:  <aa3a704504112416382ba948@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200411241315.46843.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <aa3a7045041124090513a4d1df@mail.gmail.com> <200411241315.46843.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:15:46 -0500, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> kernel.gz.boot is not a full kernel but just the first few kilobytes of a
> compressed kernel.  Is the SESNAP machine not using cdboot to boot?  5.x and
> beyond don't support using floppy images for CD booting anymore, just
> using /boot/cdboot.

the 6.0-CURRENT-20041123-SESNAP.iso surely don't have a /boot/cdboot.
this looking from the loader cmd, neither display the  welcome/boot option
menu and goes straight from the btx loader to the "insert floppy" msg.

cheers.
SL.



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