Install on 486 with floppy reboots after mfsroot
matthew
matthew at netway.com
Wed Feb 11 18:19:11 PST 2004
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Brent Bowman wrote:
>
> Hello all, I've got a question about the install of the current FreeBSD.
>
> I am using the floppy install, and I dd (I'm a linux user) both the
> kern.flp and mfsroot.flp onto floppies, then I follow the instructions
> on this site:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-start.html
>
> I get to the end of step "2.3.1.1 Booting for the i386™" where it
> tells to boot the kernel and no matter what I do, it just reboots the
> computer! Therefore it looses whatever it tried to put in memory and
> starts over again. How can I get it to go to the kernel setup?
>
> My Hardware:
> IBM PS/Valuepoint 486 33MHz
> 8 MB RAM
> 2 x 212MB HD
> 3-COM network card
> no CDROM
>
> Thanks, Any help would be appreciated
>
This might sound silly, but I would download the *.flp again.
I would find two different floppy disks and use those.
I think the FreeBSD handbook even says to try it 2-4 times
before asking. Floppies are just that bad.
Maybe it will help, maybe it wont. Good luck.
m
> Brent
>
>
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