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Date:      Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:35:21 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: booting 3.x from CD? 
Message-ID:  <200001222235.OAA04820@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jan 2000 11:17:27 EST." <XFMail.000122111727.vev@michvhf.com> 

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> On 05-Jan-00 Mike Smith wrote:
> > Ack.  At this point in time, we're stumped.  It looks like you're 
> > trying to install 3.1 here, but the code sequence that you're running 
> > doesn't actually exist in the 3.1-RELEASE loader.  If you boot this 
> > particular CDROM, does it always die at _exactly_ the same place?
> > 
> > The avenues for code corruption are:
> > 
> >  - bad CDROM (will always be the same error)
> >  - bad memory (may vary locations, etc.)
> >  - bad CD drive/cabling/controller (may vary locations)
> 
> Problem found and fixed.  It was a bad CDROM drive.

Thanks _very_ much for the followup.  One less ulcer for me!

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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