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boot floppy - internet involved?
On the abandoned BSD-forum I started this thread:
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/show...7&page=1&pp=15 with the subject "floppy boot error - binary vs ASCII mode?" (oh no, not him again ) It was mainly about an error when trying to boot Code:
error 4 lba 248 Invalid format FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel boot: No /boot/kernel/kernel A friend came by and said I probably needed to be connected to internet when doing the actual floppy-booting. I always interpreted the book that it is not so, but maybe I made a stupid mistake there? (I got the floppies from the web with another machine, of course) |
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The only time I have booted from a floppy disk is under OpeBSD, when I installed 3.9 and later when I upgraded to 4.0 and 4.1.
Creating it off FreeBSD was some thing like: Code:
fdformat -y /dev/fd0 dd if=floppy_image of=/dev/fd0 bs=32k cmp /dev/fd0 floppy_image
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Why would you need to be connected to the Internet during the boot process? From the looks of things, it's failing even before the kernel is loaded.
The most probable reasons for the problems you're facing are: 1) You incorrectly created the floppy images, or they are corrupt. 2) The floppy disk or drive you're using is damaged. There are other options for booting BSD on a system, if either via CD-ROM or PXE(netboot), it's still possible. Personally, in my opinion, with all due respect, PEBKAC is a prime candidate for this error. |
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I made every effort to understand the explanations about ftp, md5checksum and all that unknown (to me) stuff; did the research on the web and executed it correctly, I'm quite confident about that. Quote:
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It's needed for an installation from floppy because the floppy can't fit the files, only way is through the network or (afaik) an existing partition. I believe you can do the network install from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM too if you wanted ;-)
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Which is exactly what was confusing my "expert-friend" (I got it in one ) See my previous "boast-post" about "expertise to come"...
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It's installed and I'll re-install more than once again probably |
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You don't need an internet connection to boot the installation floppies. The FreeBSD handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...stall-pre.html Section 2.3.7 Prepare the Boot Media describes the steps for a floppy boot.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...all-start.html has a screenshot of the messages you should see when the floppy is booting. Please note that these are for FreeBSD 7.0, which is the latest production release. An alternative would be to get the CD/DVD drive on your Compaq working as a boot device. Then you could create a FreeBSD installation CD and boot from it.
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I also have the FreeBSD Unleashed 6 DVD, but unfortunately the Compaq didn't have a DVD-device (it's out in the hallway now anyway; off to the recycling containerpark ) |
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I wouldn't dump the Compac just because of some strange boot issue.
Does the Compac boot a Windows installation CD? Try to get that working first. Then download a FreeBSD CD images to creat a FreeBSD installation CD and retry
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To make a long story short; I have FreeBSD 7.0 installed now I followed these steps to install/configure: HTML Code:
http://www.openaddict.com/node/34 I ended up with FreeBSD supposedly installed, but after rebooting got this error: Code:
FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel boot: No /boot/kernel/kernel Also during install I saw Code:
error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: Input/output error (5) Thanks for your help & suggestions so far! edit: I retried, but this time took disc1.iso instead of the recommended bootonly.iso Finally... I've really got FreeBSD on the machine (now still learn to work with it ;-)) Last edited by Lazy; 12th May 2008 at 01:12 PM. Reason: install successfull with other cd |
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Nice to hear you finally managed to install FreeBSD 7.
My advice is to read through the FreeBSD handbook and FAQ. These are up-to-date, while instructions in non-official Howtos, are not.
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I plan to install again, but this time not (like in the non-official quickie) with "minimum", but "all" options (including X etc) Expect some expert tips from me in a couple of years |
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Why are you reviving this thread just to post a smiley?
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