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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:26:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matthew Stein <matt@bdd.net>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Error on Boot : "Error: C:0 H:0 S:0"
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.960925102450.17332B-100000@bdd.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960924190743.7937D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Doug White wrote:

> Somehow the boot loader can't find the disk or the kernel.  What is the
> slice layout on that disk?  It may be out of range.  

I thought it might be out of range too, but if I enter wd(1,a)kernel at
the prompt, the system runs.  As for the slice layout, here's a df.

Filesystem           1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/wd1a                31775    13753    15480    47%    /
/dev/wd1s1e              29727     1268    26081     5%    /var
/dev/wd1s1f             658095   236746   368702    39%    /usr
procfs                       4        4        0   100%    /proc

> Normally, if you said that was a floppy, I'd say to use a new, freshly
> formatted floppy, but that's not easy with a hard disk :-)

Yes.  I started with a freshly formatted hd, though.  That's why this is
so disconcerting.  :(
--
mat.

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