On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 06:53:08PM +0200, Yori Kamphuis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after waiting for the 2.0 release, I decided that is was time for me to
> install NetBSD 2.0 AMD64 on my laptop (an Acer Aspire 1501Lmi, with a AMD 64
> bits 3000+ processor). I downloaded the ISO, made boot discs, and started to
> install... not!
> This is all I got to see:
> 
> 'NETBSD/i386 ustarfs Primary Bootstrap
> NETBSD/AMD64 BIOS BOOT, Revision 3.1
> (ascent@ascent.student.utwente.nl, Sat Dec 11 16:48:26 CET 2004)
> Memory: 638/522176 k
> Press return to boot now, any other key for bootmenu
> booting fd0b:netbsd
> 
> 3582240+2958024+373112=0x798780
> 
> _'
> 
> The '_' blinks a few times, the 'cell' becomes filled, and then the system
> freezes.

Maybe your floppies have bad blocks. Have you tried them on another box, or
tried another set of floppies ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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