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Date:      Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:41:15 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To:        berend@pobox.com
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/5663: fdimage fails: sector not found
Message-ID:  <199804152041.WAA07429@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <199804151950.MAA22731@hub.freebsd.org> from Berend de Boer at "Apr 15, 98 12:50:02 pm"

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Berend de Boer wrote:

>  Have same problem here. It's 100% repeatable.
>  
>  Hardware: Adaptec UW SCSI card, 4GB Ultra Wide IBM SCSI Disc, Intel
>  440LX motherboard.
>  
>  What happens:
>  1. makeflp formats floppy fine.
>  2. However when writing image file it gives 'sector not found.'
>  3. Floppy is complete unusable afterwards and needs to be reformatted.
>  
>  Things tried:
>  1. Tried a few floppies. All behave the same.
>  2. Swapped floppy drive, didn't help.
>  3. Download newest Intel BIOS, didn't help.
>  
>  Finally I ran makeflop on an NT machine and booted the new machine with
>  that floppy. I'm trying to install FreeBSD on it right now.

Please let us know which version you are using (just type `fdimage' with
no arguments), and send output of the '-d' (debug) option.

-- 
Robert Nordier

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