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From: Morgan Davis <root@io.cts.com>
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Subject: Re: Boot floppy broken?
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 02:45:32 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <24718.813662600@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Oct 14, 95 02:23:20 am
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
> 
> > I downloaded the 2.1.0-SNAP-951005 boot.flp and built a disk.  Upon
> > booting it, I get the Boot prompt, but when it starts proceeding, the
> > cursor twirls about three or our characters-worth and then the
> > computer reboots everytime.
> 
> Are you sure of your copy?  What sort of machine is this?

# mount /dev/fd0.1200 /mnt
# cksum /mnt/kernel
2369390847 1004667 /mnt/kernel

Certainly no errors reading through the floppy.

Two machines showed the same behavior.  They are:

486DX2/66, 16MB RAM
486DX2/66, 20MB RAM