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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 02:19:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com>
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Subject: Re: install problems (again?)
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Roman Katsnelson wrote:

> I am new to the list (and to FreeBSD) so please let me know if I am
> breaking any rules here...
> 
> I am trying to install from FTP, and it takes me through the whole
> process without any error messages, but when it is done and I reboot I
> get "Read error". I think this is happening before the machine even
> reads the boot sector. First I thought this was a hardware problem, but
> when I installed DOS on the same machine it booted fine. Also, if I boot
> 
> from a floppy but give it boot: "0:wd(0,a)kernel" it works fine. I just
> need it to be able to find the kernel on its own and sans the floppy
> boot.

See the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ.  It's a BIOS interaction
problem.

> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roman.
> 
> P.S. I am not sure if this went through the first time I posted it, so
> if this is a repost, please excuse.
> 
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Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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