Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:45:06 -0700 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.com> To: "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kern.flp Message-ID: <20020605204506.4e791377.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> In-Reply-To: <02b801c20cf9$638a1920$0a01a8c0@mswolf> References: <20020606010231.K179-100000@kmart.lan.palfreman.com> <025801c20cf1$4e56fad0$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <20020605211028.7108d021.jud@myrealbox.com> <02b801c20cf9$638a1920$0a01a8c0@mswolf>
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On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:27:53 -0700 "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to install 4.5 release on a second machine > > > > > replacing a Linux installation. I used the same process as > > > > > the first machine a former win2k box. This time I am having > > > > > problems with the bootdisks. The system refuses to accept the > > > > > kern.flp disk as a boot disk. Any ideas on what could cause > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > Faulty disk or drive. Floppy disks are at the end of their > > > > technological lifespan and many of the disks and drive units > > > > become spontaneously faulty. Try a different disk and make sure > > > > you can boot the FreeBSD installer off a different machine to > > > > eliminate the possibility of drive faults. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Bill. > > > > > Thanks for the responce. I wish the problem was this simple. > > > I have replaced the FD drive, the cable and new disks with no > > > success. It turns out though that I can not load any other > > > boot disk either. I wish that you could make a bootable > > > CD instead of the floppies. > > > > Does your BIOS allow you to choose what you'll boot from? What does > > it say? > > Yeah I have it set to boot from floppy first. I also tried setting > boot from floopy only. > Currently the machine loaded with Linux and I can not even mount the > drive. Being that it's all new in that area, I am confused. Is the BIOS even detecting your floppy drive? Is the "Boot Floppy Seek" ,or some similar option, in BIOS enabled?...just to make sure the BIOS sees the drive. Just to be sure that I'm understanding you correctly, are you saying that the same boot floppies work fine on other machines? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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