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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 18:33:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: 2.1.5 install failure: booting from fd0, not sd0
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Guido van Rooij wrote:

> > How odd.  Sounds like the boot blocks are completely confused as to the
> > boot device.  You are booting from the _hard disk_ and not the install
> > floppy, are you?
> 
> Yes, booting from hard disk.
> 
> > 
> > You may need to rewrite the bootblocks using disklabel.
> 
> That's the first thing I did....without luck.

How _strange_.  Sounds like your BIOS is very odd.  What kind of BIOS do
you have?  

Try changing the boot order to C: A: if you can.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major