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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
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Subject: Re: Problem with FreeBSD 
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:53:03 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:

> > FreeBSD write "zf_read: error".
> 
> Your mfsroot floppy has a bad sector.  Try a different floppy.

Actually, as with many such cases, the floppy disk driver turned out to
be flakey. We resolved this via private mail.

Something to keep in mind in future when you see this problem report.

If I see it again, I'll hack up an FAQ entry.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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