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Date:      Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:06:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net>
To:        "Wosek, Aaron" <aaron.wosek@anchorgaming.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.4 boot problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006161606040.13703-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net>
In-Reply-To: <60AB304AAE36D411821500D0B7441D6861719E@bozeman.pwrh.com>

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The only thing that comes to mind, is check the bios to see if swap floppy
drives is enabled.

[RC]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Wosek, Aaron wrote:

> I'm installing 3.4 and I'm encountering boot disk problems. The error I'm
> getting says: 
> 
> >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
> Default: 0:fd(O,a)/kernel
> boot:
> disk error 0x2 (lba=0x10)
> No /kernel
> 
> I'm attempting to install 3.4 onto an empty hard disk, that has had no other
> operating system installed.
> 
> Can someone tell me if they have seen this before and how to remedy it. 
> 
> A couple things to note: The PC will boot with the 2.2.8 boot disk, and
> previous to a hardware change the 3.4 boot disks worked. I have tried 2
> different sets of 3.4 boot disks that both worked before the hardware
> change. The hardware change was the swapping of an industrial PC backplane
> ---something I would not think could effect or be limited by FBSD. Also I am
> not using the corrupt 3.4 CD boot files, but boot disks from the website.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Aaron Wosek
> QA/PS Systems Support 
> Anchor Gaming
> 2311 S. 7th Avenue
> Bozeman MT. 59715
> 406.585.6655 extension 5126
> 
> 
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