On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 05:38:38AM -0700, Andrei Kapralov wrote:
> Hello Bernd & NetBSD.ORG,
> 
> I've turned off the read receipt so maybe you can read this now.
> 
> This is what I wrote: I don't know why, but I successfully extracted all
> the binary distribution sets for the i386 via ftp, and was instructed to
> reboot, but when I reboot; nothing, just a blinking cursor. Am I missing
> something? Did I need to extract the source files first? If I do, how do
> I get them?
> 
> Also just so you know, I didn't use any install tools and I get the
> blinking cursor after I've rebooted when the BIOS is trying to load the
> OS.

Well, maybe you need to install an MBR and boot sector:
boot from floppy, and get a shell.
Then type
'fdisk -i wd0'
and
'/usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a'
Change wd0 to sd0 if you use an SCSI disk.

Also check that you don't have a virus detector on in your BIOS, some
interpret the NetBSD boot loader as a virus :)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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