From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 08:36:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21176 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 08:36:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phmit.demon.co.uk (phmit.demon.co.uk [194.222.15.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA21167 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 08:36:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dom@phmit.demon.co.uk) Received: from dom by phmit.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0zlyEJ-00059w-00; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:37:19 +0000 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sysinstall question X-Mailer: nmh v0.26 Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 16:37:18 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Question for all the sysinstall gurus: I've just downloaded the 3.0-RELEASE boot.flp and fixit.flp to try and fix my busted 3.0 bootblocks install (I shoulda read more first...). When I try to insert the fixit floppy, when prompted for, I'm getting: mountmsdosfs(): bad bpb Does anybody have an idea why this is? Why is it even trying to mount the fixit floppy as an msdos filesystem? I have tried two different floppy disks, just in case, BTW. Thanks for any help. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ``Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.'' -- Henry Spencer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message