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Date:      Sat, 19 Aug 2000 00:47:47 +0100
From:      "Roger Bacon" <Roger@aeon-uk.net>
To:        "'Taiping Zhao'" <tzhao@netacc.com>, "FreeBSD-Questions (E-mail)" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: freebsd installation
Message-ID:  <002e01c0096e$b702a3f0$0200a8c0@ESMERELDA>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBKCPEJMOEKIKNJNEEOEADCAAA.tzhao@netacc.com>

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Hi,

  Last time I got this it was due to a dodgy floppy

HTH

Roger
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Taiping Zhao
> Sent: 18 August 2000 22:01
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: freebsd installation
> 
> 
> Dear Friends:
> I have a pc running win98. I am also going to install 
> "freebsd" on this
> computer.
> So, I copied the fdimage.exe file and *.flp file from 
> internet to my C:
> drive, then
> I image copied these files from DOS to the floppies with 
> command "C>fdimage
> kern.flp a:"
> Now, at the begening of the boot process for FTP 
> installation, I got the
> following error message:
> 
>   /kernel text=0x21e97e data=0x2cd90+0x20688 zf_read: fill error
> 
>    elf_loadexec: cannot seek
>    can't load module '/kernel': input/output error
> 
> Can any one can give a clue what has caused this error. You 
> help is highly
> appreciated.
> Thank you!
> 
> Bill Zhao
> 
> tzhao@netacc.net
> 
> 
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