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Date:      Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:24:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dom Mitchell <dom@phmit.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysinstall question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9812041523450.9820-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <E0zlyEJ-00059w-00@phmit.demon.co.uk>

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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Dom Mitchell wrote:

> 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

The fixit floppy is a UNIX format disk image.  mount_msdos shouldn't be
touching it.  

> 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.

What version of FreeBSD?  If current (and it should be in the current
mailing list), what date did you last sup?

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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