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Date:      Fri, 22 Nov 1996 09:50:54 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Drew Derbyshire <kew-freebsd@kew.com>
Cc:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd error
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.961122094940.28743A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <3294b2a2.kendra@pandora.kew.com>

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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Drew Derbyshire wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:18:17 -0800 (PST), "Doug White" <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Will wrote:
> > > I booted w/it, and the command prompt came up.  I didn't hit anything
> > > then it went on to boot, but after something like text=1x108000 or
> > > something i came up with "Error:  C:17  H:0  S:1"
> >
> > There was a problem with your disk.  Use a new, fresh, formatted floppy
> > and do NOT use rawrite under Windows95.  Use a DOS boot disk.
> 
> To be precise, you can only use Win 95 in DOS mode.  I've done such with
> favourable results.
> 
This is one of MS Mysteries. I have used command prompt windows under 
Win95 successfuly, but there were many reports of this (and even DOS 
mode) not working for other people. The bottom line: If it doesn't work 
for the first time, try a DOS boot disk.

Nadav



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