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To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA install failure 
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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:57:13 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> When I tried booting the drive as sd2, I would try either 2:sd(2,a)/kernel
> or just sd(2,a)/kernel, and get:
> 
> dosdev = 82, biosdrive = 2, unit = 2, maj = 4
> Invalid format!

FWIW, I get the same thing on my spam box when I don't choose
the dangerously dedicated option.  A slightly different failure
mode, to be sure, but this did _not_ used to happen, either. :-(

					Jordan