From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 23:52:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA02788 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA02754 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA28984; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 09:50:54 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 09:50:54 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Drew Derbyshire cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd error In-Reply-To: <3294b2a2.kendra@pandora.kew.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Drew Derbyshire wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:18:17 -0800 (PST), "Doug White" 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