From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 23:44:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFD537B401 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:44:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2951B43FD7 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:44:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h357iAaA087087 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:44:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h357iAUW087086 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:44:10 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 08:44:10 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030405074410.GB86666@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3E8E8339.5060304@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E8E8339.5060304@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-35.6 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Re: 4.8-Installation floppies fail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 07:44:17 -0000 --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 04:18:17PM +0900, Rob Lahaye wrote: > Yes, this is the official 4.8 release of April 3rd. >=20 > I have put kern.flp and mfsroot.flp on two floppies. > The kern floppy boots, as usual, but the mfsroot floppy > stops after showing the following three dialogs in a row: [...deletia...] =20 > Does the official release come with broken floppy files? > Anything I can do to avoid this? No, but floppy disks are notoriously unreliable. Sounds to me as if your mfsroot floppy has got some bad sectors. Could you try again, making a new mfsroot floppy, preferably on a brand new never used before floppy? Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+jolKdtESqEQa7a0RAgj4AJ98VdPZGLtGZk10oZVu6y7t10BP9ACghaxZ O8VJA6j9SrPC9FpkO0Z/1sU= =u5Qa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y--