Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:49:56 -0700 (PDT) From: ocrow@bmrc.berkeley.edu To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/11720: FreeBSD 2.2.8 can't load fixit disk Message-ID: <19990515044956.7EC6314E6F@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 11720 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: FreeBSD 2.2.8 can't load fixit disk >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 14 21:50:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Oliver Crow >Release: 2.2.8-RELEASE, 2.2.8-STABLE >Organization: UC Berkeley >Environment: FreeBSD gecko.bmrc.berkeley.edu 2.2.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Fri Mar 19 17:55:18 GMT 1999 ocrow@gecko.bmrc.berkeley.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/CURRENT i386 >Description: This is a confirmation of essentially the same information already supplied in these bug reports: i386/8435 i386/9244 Booting from the boot floppy then trying to launch the fixit floppy fails. It is not possible to get a fixit shell. In the message console (console 2), a message appears after attempting to load the fixit floppy: "mount msdosfs: bad bpb" The problem appears to occur in 2.2.8-RELEASE and 2.2.8-STABLE. I have tested with 2 different machines and 2 sets of floppy disk media. >How-To-Repeat: Following the instructions for booting the fixit floppy, boot from the boot floppy (boot.flp), then select the menu option "Fixit", then select "Floppy". Sysinstall then repeatedly prompts for the fixit.flp, but does not start a new shell. >Fix: A work around is to use 3.1-RELEASE floppies -- kern.flp, mfsroot.flp and fixit.flp, which seem to work fine. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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