Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 21:45:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> To: ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu (Guy Helmer) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Announcing FreeBSD 2.0.5 ALPHA! Message-ID: <199505310445.VAA22378@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.950530221809.12219A-100000@alpha.dsu.edu> from "Guy Helmer" at May 30, 95 10:35:41 pm
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> > NOTE: If you're installing directly from ftp you can simply grab the > > boot.flp image from the floppies directory... > > It's an awesome installation process! > > However, I have tried installing it on a PC with an older 300MB ESDI drive > that has several bad sectors; initially, I tried to just un-tar the Hmm, we cannot guarantee to find all badspots with a simple read-check, but that you have trouble with badspots on the list makes me wonder if your boot-blocks got updated right. Try to wipe the disk entirely before installing again... -- Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@login.dknet.dk> -- TRW Financial Systems, Inc. 'All relevant people are pertinent' && 'All rude people are impertinent' => 'no rude people are relevant'
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