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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation Problem
Date: 2 Jun 1995 13:05:55 +0200
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Haissam Elkheir <elkheirh@stang.netspace.net.au> wrote:
>I have a serious problem which I haven't been able to solve. After
>getting the Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.0 CD and following the installation
>procedures I create the two boot disks and reboot. The system reads the
>boot disk for a few seconds and then continues to boot the normal HD OS,
>DOS 6.2. I have looked for a solution but have found none.
If it's continuing to boot DOS, the BIOS didn't detect a valid
bootstrap sector on your diskette. This is far before the point where
FreeBSD itself is coming up. I suspect either a bad medium, or
something's got wrong with the file image (e.g. it's been corrupted
due to an ASCII ftp download), so there's no valid bootstrap signature
at the end of the boot sector.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)