From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 20:59:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA21055 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:59:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA21047 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id UAA01337 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:59:08 -0700 Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id bi29383; 27 Jun 96 4:53 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa11015; 27 Jun 96 1:34 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA05333; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 23:25:54 GMT Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 23:25:54 GMT Message-Id: <199606262325.XAA05333@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: beau@webmaster.com CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <2.2.32.19960626204329.00960580@server.webmaster.com> (beau@webmaster.com) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >1) Did you use an ERROR-FREE floppy? More particularly, did you use a brand new floppy, straight out of the box, obtained from a reputable source? > >3) Did you boot back to MS-DOS mode if running Win95? Did you really reboot, not just shell out to DOS from within Win95? > All of these solutions failed to correct my problem. Is there anything else > I can do to correct this problem? Here's a couple more ideas, which may or may not help:- Try a less aggressive set of cache options in the BIOS. (NB make a note of the original ones before you start changing anything!) Did you create the boot floppy on the same machine you're installing to? Do you have any other machines you can try it out on? -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk