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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-Beta booting problem
Date: 2 Jan 1997 14:50:10 GMT
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"Chas Breese III" <subrat@greatbasin.com> wrote:
> floppy, and I get booteasy's 'F1: FreeBSD' and 'Default F1'. I press F1 or
> let it default and it returns with 'F1: FreeBSD' and 'Default F?' in a
> continuous loop. Yes, that's a question mark where the 1 (one) is supposed
> to be.
RTFAQ.
2.14. I can't get past the boot manager's `F?' prompt.
This is another symptom of the problem described in the preceding question.
Your BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry settings do not agree! If your
controller or BIOS supports cylinder translation (often marked as ``>1GB
drive support''), try toggling its setting and reinstalling FreeBSD.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)