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To: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
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Subject: Re: BootEasy, barracudas, and psm0 problems 
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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 23:09:39 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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This should have been sent to freebsd-questions; please address
questions there in the future.

> 1) whenever i install booteasy on a seagate barracuda it gives me the 
> normal F1.......BSD stuff, but pressing F1 just gives me the prompt 
> again.  if i use the boot floppy to boot sd(0,a)kernel then the system 

And this is covered in the HARDWARE.TXT file and the FAQ, either one
of which you should have read. :) You have a geometry mismatch
problem.

					Jordan