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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!eff!cs.umd.edu!net.usuhs.mil!hq.hq.af.mil!dms1!admin2 From: admin2@gad3b2.hq.af.mil (SrA Bob Huffman;57137) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Date: 18 May 1994 14:11:52 GMT Organization: 7th Communications Group, Wash D.C. Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2rd7n8$lk9@hq.hq.af.mil> References: <94051620172857@busilink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dms1.hq.af.mil X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Michael Scantlen (michael.scantlen@busilink.com) wrote: : I recently attempted to install FreeBSD (The initial 3 floppies) Release : v1.1 on a machine that had previously had 386BSD (Bill & Lynne). I am : unable to get past the reboot stage after filesyst.flp is installed. In : otherwords, you are required to NOT place the filesyst.flp in when : asked and simply hit return. This step is to end with the kc> prompt : but I never get that far. It stays on the words: : changing root device to fd0d : _ <--prompt just stays here for hours.... : The system booted from fd(0,a)/386bsd That happened to me also. I just reformatted my installation floppieS, made new ones, and it worked fine. My guess is you have used these floppies a few times, now. : Thanks, Michael No prob. Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ SrA Bob Huffman | AT&T 3B2 System Administrator for the ~~~ ~~~ Internet Mail: | DMS US Air Force Project. ~~~ ~~~ admin2@dms1.hq.af.mil or | 7CG/SMCTR Pentagon Washington DC 20330 ~~~ ~~~ admin2@[134.205.116.70] | Phone: DSN 225-7137 COMM 703-695-7137 ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~