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To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
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Subject: Re: BOOT.FLP 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:24:57 PDT."
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:48:16 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> problem concerns systems w/ 2 HD's.
> 
> i have no problem on system w/ 1 HD.
> 
> after installing 2.1.5 using the MBR, a 2 drive installation (dos on 
> drive one, and BSD on drive 2) results on a messed up boot prompt ...
> 
> ie, no matter what F keys you hit, the prompt just keeps flipping around.
> 
> F1 disk 1
> F5 BSD

This is a FAQ (and *in* the FAQ - please check there first before
submitting "bug" reports).  You've specified the wrong geometry
somewhere (or failed to override the machine's bogus geometry
assumptions) - please read the hardware and installation guides for
more information on this topic.

> also, Walnut Creek says the CD BSD is always better than the FTP BSD.
> what is the meaning of this?  if i'm interested in a long term system 

Well, for one thing, Walnut Creek makes money on the CD BSD.  That
makes it better in many rather significant ways, at least from their
viewpoint. :-) From an external viewpoint, the CD version is certainly
more convenient in many ways also - you get the ports (and their
distfiles), the packages, the sources for X, etc.  That's a lot of
stuff to FTP, no matter how you look at it.

> that's bug free (to the greatest degree - i need a TCP/IP server for 
> airport monitoring ...) what version should i go with ?

2.1.5-RELEASE

					jordan