FWIW: I am also using an USB to boot install the
FreeBSD on my Toshiba 3480CT lap. It is a Toshiba
PA3043U-1FDD; BUT it takes no more than a couple of
minutes to load the 4.8 kern and mfsroot floppies.
/Dorin.
--- Zhang Shu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install the current-F
Zhang Shu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I install netbsd with the same floppy drive, it turns to be pretty
> fast. So I guess this is a FreeBSD problem but do not know where it is...
FreeBSD's boot code reads the disk sector by sector rather than track
by track. Last time I brought this up I
Kuriyama-san,
When I install netbsd with the same floppy drive, it turns to be pretty
fast. So I guess this is a FreeBSD problem but do not know where it is...
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:03:40 +0900
Jun Kuriyama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:49:04 + (UTC),
> Zhang Shu wrote
At Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:49:04 + (UTC),
Zhang Shu wrote:
> I am trying to install the current-FreeBSD to my Vaio PCG-Z1/P but found
> the installation boot process is extremely slow. It takes more than 10
> minutes to finish loading the disk created from kern.flp and another 10
> minutes for mfsr
> > > I am having some problems with a machine I recently rebuilt; I suspect
> > > either the drive geometry or something else in the boot process. The
> > > machine has to be booted "manually".
> > >
> > > Situation: I installed FreeBSD 3.1 on a 4G SCSI disk that had had
> > > Current on it before
> Mark Murray wrote:
> >
> > If I play around (Hit F5 or space or enter), I get "Invalid partition"
> > errors. Hitting enter at that stage gets me a Boot: prompt. The only
> > thing that gets an actial boot is typing 0:da(1,a)/boot/loader. Then
> > both disks are visible and fine. Both disks have
Mark Murray wrote:
>
> If I play around (Hit F5 or space or enter), I get "Invalid partition"
> errors. Hitting enter at that stage gets me a Boot: prompt. The only
> thing that gets an actial boot is typing 0:da(1,a)/boot/loader. Then
> both disks are visible and fine. Both disks have had fdisk -
> > I am having some problems with a machine I recently rebuilt; I suspect
> > either the drive geometry or something else in the boot process. The
> > machine has to be booted "manually".
> >
> > Situation: I installed FreeBSD 3.1 on a 4G SCSI disk that had had
> > Current on it before (CURRENT s
> I am having some problems with a machine I recently rebuilt; I suspect
> either the drive geometry or something else in the boot process. The
> machine has to be booted "manually".
>
> Situation: I installed FreeBSD 3.1 on a 4G SCSI disk that had had
> Current on it before (CURRENT snaps wouldn'
