From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 22 14:17:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA10272 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line14.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.95]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA10251 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00346; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Barry Mishler cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Infinite error loop with boot.flp In-Reply-To: <9607222026.AA18305@rcp6> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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