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Subject: Re: 4.2-RC1 failure on 164LX
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> 
> I can't use the ISO image because my link is too slow to download it
> and I don't have a CD burner.
> 
> I could probably try to netboot it if somebody gave me step-by-step
> instructions.  I've never netbooted anything before.
> 
> A question: if the floppy had read errors, would they be detected
> and reported?  I.e., is it worthwhile to try a different diskette?

No, SRM does complain about bad diskettes. At least the Multia one does all
the time.

What I had been thinking of is taking boot.flp and copying all 3MB to the head
of a SCSI or IDE disk and booting that on your 164LX.

-matt




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