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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Vincent Poy wrote:

> > Can you be more specific, ie where exactly it fails?  Can you boot with a
> > boot floppy OK? How about '?' at the Boot: prompt, does that show any
> > files?
> 
> 	Floppies will always work, I meant the HD.  Normally, it would
> have that bootstrap where it would allow you to boot with options but the
> only thing that comes up is Read error and no message even before the
> brief pause normally.

booteasy may be damaged then, you might try reinstalling it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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