Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:04:22 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org Cc: mjacob@feral.com Subject: Re: 4.2-RC1 failure on 164LX Message-ID: <200011161904.eAGJ4Mf48976@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011161059350.9657-100000@zeppo.feral.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011161059350.9657-100000@zeppo.feral.com>
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011161059350.9657-100000@zeppo.feral.com>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote: > > > > 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. But does /boot/loader complain about read errors after it gets control? > 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. Hrm, I'd love to help but I don't think I can take it quite that far. :-( John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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