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From: Thierry Herbelot <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr>
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To: Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com>
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Subject: Re: kernal floppy boot doesn't
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Does your machine have more than 12 Megs ? (minimum for 3.x)

	TfH

Len Conrad wrote:
> 
> >Trying to build a dedicated ipfilter/ipnat machine between DMZ and private
> >network, using a Pentium 100 someting, retiring Win95.
> 
> BIOS doesn't support cdrom boot, so created a fbsd 3.1-R boot diskette
> using the  "dd if=/cdrom/etc" command from Lehey book, dd seems to complete
> successfully.
> 
> But two different diskettes fail to boot with:
> 
> zf_read: fill error
> elf_load exec: archsw.readin failed
> cant load kernel.
> 
> and give a command prompt.
> 
> Help,
> Len
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