freebsd stable - Dec 2018 - FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso does not boot

Hello all:Sorry, this old Pentium  4 refurbished test machine has been obstinate
during ALPHA, BETA, and now RC.I had a workaround using the BTX bootloader from
ALPHA8 and pasted it into BETA3; meanwhile,remastering the .iso disk afterwards.
I was able to boot that, and setup a minimal system, as test.I don't know if
I can devote much more testing; but I thought you all would like to hear
feedback anyway.BTW, I have a Thinkpad laptop running 11.2-RELEASE-p5 for my
main system; works very well, THX.Very Sincerely Yours,cksalexander at q.com

On Sat Dec 1 21:51:05 UTC 2018 CenturyLink Customer
wrote:
> Hello all:Sorry, this old Pentium  4 refurbished test machine has been
obstinate
> during ALPHA, BETA, and now RC.I had a workaround using the BTX bootloader 
from
> ALPHA8 and pasted it into BETA3; meanwhile,remastering the .iso disk 
afterwards.
  My lord, I send greetings. I have a mind to try
FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso,
and willingness to report back my  experience.  The  get-at-able  hardware 
gives:
686 class Pentium 4 (socket 775), 686 class Celeron (socket 370).