Re: Production Release 5.3 Installation Won't Boot
From: Andrew L. Gould (algould_at_datawok.com)
Date: 12/31/04
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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:03:06 -0600
On Friday 31 December 2004 05:19 am, babaloo munchies wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I downloaded ISO images disc 1 & disc 2 & the boot
> disk for FreeBSD 5.3 to install on a Pentium MMX
> machine. None of these discs will boot for the
> installation! What happens is the CD drive fires up,
> I see a couple of lines from FreeBSD--the bootloader
> or something--it acts like it's trying to boot. The
> CD drive spins up, the two or three lines flash on the
> screen but then the whole computer restarts. It keeps
> doing this over and over again for each disc.
>
> I had an old FreeBSD 4.8 disc and it booted fine. I
> thought maybe my burner had problems so I burned a
> Linux distro and it booted fine.
>
> So the problem cannot be the CD medium (3 cds w/ same
> problem?), not the CD burner and not the machine.
> What's going on? This is the third time I've tried
> FreeBSD and failed to get it to work. I just give up
> and revert to linux because at least I can install it
> each and every time. But I want to use FreeBSD.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
Perhaps the problem is with the iso image. Try downloading the iso file
for CD1 again.
Good luck,
Andrew Gould
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