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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"