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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!tubsibr!malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de!not-for-mail From: mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: boot.flp sucks!!! FreeBSD guys. Date: 16 Jun 1996 13:12:26 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4q0q6q$11e@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <4q08o1$jfn@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> Reply-To: M.Butkus@tu-bs.de NNTP-Posting-Host: rzrtr1.rz.tu-bs.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Originator: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com wrote: : I created boot flopy as it is explained on www.freebsd.org. My machine : simply hangs!!! Don't tell me that my flopy is busted, or I don't have enough : memory. I can't get boot prompt?!. That really sucks. I guess I'll get Caldera : Linux. Since you're constantly claiming FreeBSD is "dead" and "sucks" just because it doesn't work for you immediately, I had to think twice if I should answer. Please be more specific about the hardware you're using, as well as the version of FreeBSD you want to install. Also tell us any diagnostic messages you get. And even if you don't want to hear it, there's truth in it: _Please_ make sure you use a _new_ floppy disk since a single bad block can make it impossible to use it. I.e., even if you can format and use it with MSDOS doesn't mean you can use it as a FreeBSD boot disk!! Also, you need 8 MB of RAM, otherwise you can't install it without some trickery. OTOH, if you're unhappy with FreeBSD, go ahead and use Linux! We don't need people who ramble without thinking first. -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany M.Butkus@tu-bs.de