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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't boot FreeBSD - Sysinstall keeps coming up!
Date: 23 Dec 1996 21:06:37 GMT
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thu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Timothy Hu) wrote:

> I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5R. Today, I tried "reboot", but it wouldn't
> come up. The kernel loads, but Sysinstall keeps coming up. I can't seem
> to get the system booted! Can anyone help?

Are you sure you've removed the floppy before rebooting? :-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

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Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)