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Date:      Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:18:11 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make release, kernel.flp mfsroot.flp from Jan 21th doesn't work as well
Message-ID:  <199901221718.TAA00398@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990122171505.A19455@titan.klemm.gtn.com> from Andreas Klemm at "Jan 22, 99 05:15:05 pm"

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Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 05:00:52PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> > Hi ho !
> > 
> > Someone recommended me a week or so ago, to use the "2 floppy install".
> > Did so now with a FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP from Jan 21 1999.
> > No success: my notebook 'sits' beneath me and tells me the following
> > after inserting the 2nd floppy:
> > 
> > zf_read: fill error
> > ....
> > .... [cpu register contents deleted]
> > ....
> > System halted
> 
> Sorry ! This was because of an read error on the floppy !
> 
> Please give me the hat ;-)

No, you don't deserve it. :-)  /boot/loader should *not* become so
confused that it has to be killed by BTX, just because of an I/O
error.  Bad floppies are common and this is a reproducible bug that
needs fixing.

--
Robert Nordier

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