Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:02:45 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Chuck Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does my 8.2-RC3 dvd1 boot DOS? Message-ID: <20110206220245.GA33266@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <62305.209.213.65.25.1297025325.squirrel@webmail.cape.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102041635020.1580@tomato.local> <62305.209.213.65.25.1297025325.squirrel@webmail.cape.com>
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--6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:48:45PM -0500, Chuck Bacon wrote: > > SERIOUS APOLOGIES! I've found out my dvd is marginal, or > possibly the drive. What seemed like a bad dvd apparently > resulted in a scan (by the BIOS?) until it found a boot loader > it understood, "PC-DOS" it said, which was one of several I > discovered in grepping the ISO file. I should have > done freebsd-update ! > Chuck Bacon - crtb@cape.com Chuck, where on the DVD is the copy of PC-DOS? >=20 > > I downloaded it yesterday. Here's the facts: > > > > 1. md5 matches CHECKSUM.MD5 > > > > 2. When I boot off the BIOS, it takes a half minute or so, and > > then: voila! PC-DOS boots, and for all the world look as > > though it will boot a larger system; except it doesn't have > > a clue. > > > > Here's the hypothesis: The FreeBSD-8.3-RC3 boot loader doesn't > > satisfy my BIOS, and the BIOS looks through the dvd until it finds > > one of the DOS boot loaders provided by some fdisk variant. > > Any ideas why? > > > > If nothing else, I'll download disc1. Praps that'll work! > > > > Many thanks, > > Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com > > ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1PGoMACgkQHduKvUAgeK6UZgCgn3EzkVz6/bU66+7AnNGnMtmq A1MAn0HNS5Mp5H8ag4KBapqvuWtvX+1m =C4S4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--
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