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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!stevewri.demon.co.uk From: steve@stevewri.demon.co.uk (Steve Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Initial boot login problem (2.1.0) Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 07:10:10 GMT Organization: Leicestershire On-line Lines: 30 Message-ID: <832835402.12394.0@stevewri.demon.co.uk> References: <832706790.24914.0@stevewri.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: stevewri.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: stevewri.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 steve@stevewri.demon.co.uk (Steve Wright) wrote: >I've just installed the RELEASE version of FreeBSD on a P75 PC >running Win95. >Installation seemed to go OK. I used FIPS to partition the first >physical drive (C:) and then installed from an MSDOS partition (after >having downloaded all the binaries etc from the 'net!) >The first time I tried to boot from the HD, everything seems to go OK >until I get the message: [problem snipped] Thanks to all who responded to this question via this group and e-mail. Rarely have I received such fast, accurate responses from a news group. If this level of support is the norm then I shall be more than happy to carry on learning about FreeBSD. From what I've seen of the system so far it seems well worth the effort. Thanks again. Steve Wright Leicestershire On-line http://www.leics-on-line.co.uk/