Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Barry Mishler <mishler@rcp6.elan.af.mil> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Infinite error loop with boot.flp Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960722141550.318C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9607222026.AA18305@rcp6>
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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Barry Mishler wrote: > I used rawrite to copy boot.flp > (ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp) to a floppy > and I used it to boot the computer. I got the normal three or four lines > of header and usage info followed by the "boot:" prompt. After about two > seconds, the screen filled with the line: > ERROR: C:0 H:0 S:0 > repeated; obviously in an infinite loop. Busted floppy. Use a new, formatted, error-free one. We got the same problem on a marginal floppy. We actually just re-wrote the floppy image and it worked, but a fresh disk would be a better way to go. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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