From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 20 12:35:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from team7.cba.ualr.edu (team7.cba.ualr.edu [144.167.120.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0A7F37B605 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:35:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu) Received: from team7.cba.ualr.edu (team7.cba.ualr.edu [144.167.120.24]) by team7.cba.ualr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA93939; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:34:58 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:34:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Royce To: "David C. Maple" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem booting from floppies for alpha install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Soft errors are normal for a Multia ( at least for mine). Do you have the latest firmware? I couldn't get mine to boot until I upgraded to the latest firmware. -Joe On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, David C. Maple wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:22:07 -0400 > From: David C. Maple > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Problem booting from floppies for alpha install > > This relates to the installation of FreeBSD on a Multia. > > I am getting a recurring error when trying to run the install from the boot > floppies. I have tried several disks, so I know they are good. I suspect > that the floppy drive itself may be bad. The error I'm getting follows: > > *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun > > Diagnostic Name ID Device Pass Test Hard/Soft 20-APR-2020 > boot 00000020 err_iob 0 0 0 22 14:55:24 > > *** End of Error *** > > This repeats several times then asks for the mfs disk. The same error > repeats during the read of the mfs disk and then I get dumped back out at > the prompt. Am I correct that it should begin the installation there or am > I supposed to type something here to start the install? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message