From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 15:24:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05824 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:24:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05819 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:24:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06708; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:24:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Dom Mitchell cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Dom Mitchell wrote: > Question for all the sysinstall gurus: I've just downloaded the > 3.0-RELEASE boot.flp and fixit.flp to try and fix my busted 3.0 > bootblocks install (I shoulda read more first...). When I try to insert > the fixit floppy, when prompted for, I'm getting: > > mountmsdosfs(): bad bpb The fixit floppy is a UNIX format disk image. mount_msdos shouldn't be touching it. > Does anybody have an idea why this is? Why is it even trying to mount > the fixit floppy as an msdos filesystem? I have tried two different > floppy disks, just in case, BTW. What version of FreeBSD? If current (and it should be in the current mailing list), what date did you last sup? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message