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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation Problem
Date: 8 Jun 1995 10:22:24 +0200
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Haissam Elkheir <elkheirh@stang.netspace.net.au> wrote:
>> >... The system reads the
>> >boot disk for a few seconds and then continues to boot the normal HD OS,
>> >DOS 6.2.
>I downloaded the boot_144.flp and cpio.clp files from ftp.freebsd.org in
>the 2.0-RELEASE/floppies directory and have gotten the same response.
Hmm, are you sure:
- your floppy drive is registered at the BIOS correctly?
- your BIOS does include the A: drive in the boot sequence
prior to C:?
Since it apparently doesn't even *load* something from the floppy, i
cannot see what the FreeBSD boot could do wrong here.
>... Btw, the CD I have from Walnut Creek says
>FreeBSD 2.0 on it but the date is January 1994, not 1995. What
>happened?
A mistake when they printed the cover. The CD should be labelled 1995
however.
--
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. ;-)