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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:18:25 -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.3.94.960722141650.318D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9607222026.AA18305@rcp6>

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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Barry Mishler wrote:

> I have a Dell 100MHz Pentium with a 1.08GB Quantum Fireball followed by
> a 1.6GB Western Digital drive on the first EIDE channel and nothing but an
> NEC CDROM on the second channel.  I haven't decided whether to install by
> FTP or CDROM yet.  I'm currently using Windows 95 if that makes any
> difference.

Sorry, didn't catch this.  Find an original DOS boot floppy, boot with it,
and build the image from that environment.  Win95 screws with the floppy
drive and will give the result you are getting here.

Booting to MS-DOS mode isn't enough.  

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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