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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Boot Problems
To: RDNN@MUSIC.MACARTHUR.UWS.EDU.AU (Alex Masoch)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 11:10:09 -0700 (MST)
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> To you guys at FreeBSD,
> 
> I am not able to boot off my floppy disk that I created using the two
> downloaded files from the ftp servers in Australia & the US. I am using
> a Pentium 100 and am trying hard to get FreeBSD underway. The making of
> the floppy disk is fine, rawrite seems to work OK but as soon as I try
> too boot off the floppy it completely freezes after reading the first
> sector ie. After 1 Second! I have also tried my other two computers
> (Compaq 386 & Olivetti 386) with the same results. What is going wrong?
> I would really appreciate the help as I am very interested to see what
> this OP is like.
> From Alex Masoch at rdnn@music.macarthur.uws.edu.au

1)	Did you download in binary mode?

2)	What are the exact file sizes before writing to floppy?

3)	Did you format your floppy before rawrite'ing it?

4)	Have you tried another floppy?  The one you have could
	have a bad spot.

Typically, I's blame #4.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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