Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 14:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: polic@radix.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Disk Message-ID: <199508212145.OAA24737@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199508212120.RAA15506@saltmine.radix.net> from "polic@radix.net" at Jan 13, 80 04:16:43 pm
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you need to fix the date on your machine..
the mail is dated jan13 (I don't know which year)
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> Ok, sorry to not include that. My computer is:
> 486 proccessor
> 33 megahertz
> 8 megs of RAM
> 165 meg IDE hd.
LOOKS good.
> tell me if you need any more information please.
> Thanks,
> nate smith
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> > From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
> > Subject: Re: Boot Disk
> > To: polic@radix.net
> > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 12:16:52 -0700 (PDT)
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> > tell us more about the computer..
> > (processor, memory, etc. etc. etc.)
> > >
> > > Hi, I made a bootdisk with rawrite and a 5 1/4 floppy (1.2 meg) and
> > > when I loaded up my computer, it tried to access the disk a couple
> > > times and after that froze. I have tried making a bootdisk with 2
> > > different disks and both were formatted. Any help would be
> > > appreciated. Thanks
> > > nate smith
WHEN did it freeze?
show me in the following list?
normal operation is:
put in floppy
hit reset
floppy disk light flashes (hear chug chug)
get message
[messages to complicated to remember]
Boot:
[hit return key]
kernel starts showing messages..
screen flashes
get messages about all devices found
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