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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:07:59 +1100
From: Jonathan Michaels <jon@welearn.com.au>
To: Eric Saylor <esaylor@sprynet.com>
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Subject: Re: Disk error 0x4 (lba=0x10)
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eric,

this one really should be handled by -questions, -hardware, all
things being equal i'd followup this article to the above, but
they are not and so it would be better coming form you.

with regards, and, apologies.

jonathan

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On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 07:53:14PM -0800, Eric Saylor wrote:
> System:
>   Gateway2000 P-133
>   IDE 2.5GB
>   NEC floppy disk
>   Goldstar CDROM
>   80MB RAM (EDO SIMMs)
> 
> Problem:
>   I have failed to get through the kernel floppy portion of the CD-ROM
> installation. I made multiple floppies, which all produced the same error
> you see below. I have a FreeBSD 3.2 box at work that I installed over FTP.
> The kernel floppy from that installation booted two separate machines in my
> office. When I tried it my home box, it failed exactly as first disks did...
> 
> The floppy drive seems OK under Win98 - I can format and use floppies under
> it.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> _____________________
> Eric Saylor
> Seanet Technical Support
> _____________________
> 
> 
> Disk error 0x4 (lba=0x10)
> Disk error 0x4 (lba=0x10)
> No /boot/loader
> 
> >>FreeBSD /i386 Boot
> Default: 0:fd(0,a) /kernel
> boot:
> Disk error 0x4 (lba=0x10)
> 
> No /kernel
> 
> >>FreeBSD /i386 Boot
> Default: 0:fd(0,a) /kernel
> boot:
> 
> 
> 
> 
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