From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Apr 20 12:10:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6791337B98B for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:10:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000420191002.EPXP6157.relay01@chello.nl>; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:10:02 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA06957; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:09:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:09:54 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "David C. Maple" Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem booting from floppies Message-ID: <20000420210954.A6943@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dmaple@methos.net on Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 03:04:31PM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 03:04:31PM -0400, David C. Maple wrote: Is this a Multia machine? Sure looks like one... Multia SRM has problems booting floppies. Wilko > I am getting a recurring error when trying to run the install from the boot > floppies. I have tried several disks, so I know they are good. I suspect > that the floppy drive itself may be bad. The error I'm getting follows: > > *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun > > Diagnostic Name ID Device Pass Test Hard/Soft 20-APR-2020 > boot 00000020 err_iob 0 0 0 22 14:55:24 > > *** End of Error *** > > This repeats several times then asks for the mfs disk. The same error > repeats during the read of the mfs disk and then I get dumped back out at > the prompt. Am I correct that it should begin the installation there or am > I supposed to type something here to start the install? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message ---end quoted text--- -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message