Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:39:55 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? Message-ID: <20060128033955.GJ59277@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20060118213106.GB57913@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060114155126.GQ53216@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060116070710.02c64ea0@psulias.psu.edu> <20060116145719.GB29044@freebie.xs4all.nl> <l84ts1psieucesh85pmkoepqp0qnl508o2@4ax.com> <20060118213106.GB57913@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:31:06PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote..
> > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:57:20 +0100, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:14:02AM -0500, Paul Baughman wrote..
> > >> Finally had a chance to download 6.0R. It boots my 2100A fine and drops
> > >> into the installer without a hitch. I was short of time, so I didn't do
> > >> the install, but I thought you'd like to know that much.
> > >
> > >Fascinating. Now the big question is how do these 2 Lynx boxes differ?
> >
> > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* difference
> > is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do not play well
> > with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye color) because
> > it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs.
>
> Correct, I share that experience.
I've also run into that.
In this case, though, the same box of media and the same burner was used
to generat the beta4 and -release CDs. beta4 boots, -release doesn't. I
first tested my ISO with md5 and then tried two burned CDs (in case one
was faulty in some undetected fashion).
It's always possible that two in a row were faulty, I s'pose.
-T
--
"We have been doing UNIX so long that we sometimes take it too much for
granted. This column is for people who have been so immersed in non-
UNIX systems, that they haven't yet advanced to the 1970's. Yes, we
mean in systems like Windows and MVS."
-- Jeffreys Copeland & Haemer, _SunExpert_ Feb 2000
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