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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:27:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chad Eschenbach <allthat@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Floppy Problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961216142645.496D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199612150530.VAA11817@dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com>

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On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Chad Eschenbach wrote:

> When I finally start the floppy boot installation it starts to install then
> it asks for the disk to be in drive a:. I make sure it is then I press
> enter. I then get an error message that says It can't mount the
> floppy....Can you tell what may be wrong?
> 
> P.S. - the disk is suppsoed to be IBM formatted right???

yes.

What stage of the installation is this?  What install method are you
using?  

Also the basics...system specs, interesting messages from the ALT-F2 debug
console, any interesting messages from the boot probes (hit scroll lock on
the main menu and up-arrow up..)...

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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