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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!ieunet!dec4ie.ieunet.ie!jkh From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] kcopy-*-floppies don't boot In-Reply-To: kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu's message of 13 Sep 93 23: 49:30 GMT Message-ID: <JKH.93Sep14201741@whisker.lotus.ie> Sender: usenet@ieunet.ie (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: whisker.lotus.ie Organization: Lotus Development Ireland References: <1993Sep13.234930.6556@njitgw.njit.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 20:17:41 GMT Lines: 25 >I tried to install FreeBSD on my 486 ISA/VL box but can't. At first, >I tried kcopy-bt-floppy and it consistently reboots after newfsing Are you using the latest set, just released? Just to understand your environment a little better. >Also I tried kcopy-ah-floppy but it even doesn't boot. My box's BIOS >detected an attempt to write to the boot record as possibly a virus Not surprising, since it's for a totally different family of controller! You did read the release notes, yes? Remember folks, please: When you have such problems, SEND US MAIL! Our mail aliases are plastered all over the documentation, and there's no reason not to avail yourself of free help! Better yet, you save everyone some net bandwidth. FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Thank you! Jordan -- Jordan Hubbard jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie