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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:06:15 -0600
To: <dirk@FreeBSD.org>, dirk@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
From: Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com>
Subject: Re: misc/12743: Cannot boot the 3.2 floppies
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Yes, this is still a problem with versions thru 4.2.  I have NOT tried it
with 4.2 beta.  I exchanged emails with Robert Nordier,
rnordier@nordier.com, who is the author of the bootstrap code.  It seems to
be on some systems the BIOS on the initial int 13h probe does NOT report
the floppy is present, yet the BIOS does go ahead and perform the floppy
test.  Also the FreeBSD loader DOES see and properly identify the floppy
drive.

It is a strange problem, due to BIOS differences, and the addition of this
BIOS test.

The best suggestion would be to allow for some user settings or different
boot images that would be available to people with systems like mine.  (by
different boot images ones with a floppy 1.44 drive a hard coded so the
test is not performed.)

	-Derek


At 08:56 AM 11/8/00 -0800, dirk@FreeBSD.org wrote:
>Synopsis: Cannot boot the 3.2 floppies
>
>State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
>State-Changed-By: dirk
>State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 8 08:55:08 PST 2000
>State-Changed-Why: 
>Does this problem still exist with newer FreeBSD versions (e. g. 4.2-BETA)?
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=12743
>
>


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