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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Read Error on booting 
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On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Terry Eck wrote:

> I just finished installing FreeBSD and when rebooting I get and error
> "Read Error" and the computer halts. When installing I had to configure
> the kernel for an aha1542 base address of 0x130. When I finished
> installing does the kernel located on the / partition contain the 
> correct configuration? 

Yes.  Try resetting your boot blocks by running 'fdisk /mbr' from a DOS
boot floppy.  Someone reported that this will get the system to come
around.  

> I have / located on the 4th partition of my 1st ide drive and the rest
> of the file system is located on the 2nd partition of my scsi drive.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major