Re: cracked out floppy install

From: Michael C. Shultz (reso3w83_at_verizon.net)
Date: 02/08/05

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    On Monday 07 February 2005 06:07 pm, daniel wrote:
    > i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer
    > on and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the
    > thing boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie
    > prompt where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but
    > instead, it just reboots!
    >
    > i even went out and bought a new set of floppies and it still doesn't
    > work, so i'm posting here. suggestions? comments? here's my specs:
    >
    > amd-k6 133mhz
    > 16mb ram
    > 4gb hd

    You could try to use freebsd-4.11. I had the same problem with
    tying to boot an amd-k6 450mhz from a FreeBSD-5.3 cdrom, yet
    it worked fine from a 4.10 cdrom.

    -Mike
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