From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 7 18:33:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA15051 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 18:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA15042 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 18:33:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA12414; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 18:34:56 -0700 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 18:34:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Brandon Gillespie cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fd0 timeouts In-Reply-To: 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 Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > What _does_ fd0 timeout mean? I'm trying to install Accelerated X on my > system, but on the second disk I keep getting timeouts until it bombs and > doesn't finish the install. Yet if I try it on another FreeBSD system I > have, everything works great without a _single_ timeout (it does give a > few timeout errors on the first disk, but it doesnt end with errors). I > dont think it is a disk problem as the disk works fine on my other > system. The only difference is the system that doesnt work is a p100 > without X of any form, and the system that does work is a 486-66 running XF86 Sounds like you have a flaky disk or disk drive. Check cables and check the drive with some other floppy disks. Just a guess tho. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major