From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Dec 15 05:23:29 1995 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA21682 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:23:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from arl-img-3.compuserve.com (arl-img-3.compuserve.com [198.4.7.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA21677 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:23:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by arl-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id IAA04689; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 08:22:55 -0500 Date: 15 Dec 95 08:20:42 EST From: "Thurnreiter,Robert" <100022.2467@compuserve.com> To: FreeBSD Subject: Problems while booting FreeBSD 2.0 from floppy disk Message-ID: <951215132041_100022.2467_EHV107-1@CompuServe.COM> Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk To: The FreeBSD Core Team: bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Wolfgang Seidl, Germany: 100022,2467@compuserve.com Date: 95/12/15 Subject: Problems while booting FreeBSD 2.0 from floppy disk Following the installation instruction to boot FreeBSD 2.0 from floppy disk, I encountered a serious problem. While booting I received the following error message in the last stage of the boot process: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 16 of 16-31 (ST0 40 ST1 ST20) panic: cannot mount root syncing disks ... done Automatic reboot in 15 seconds ... If have to admit, that I tried it with different floppy disks, formatted on different machines. I also tried it on different PCs and recognized, on some of them it works, on others it won't. My PC configuration is as follows: Pentium 100 MHz PCI bus 16 MB RAM 1 GB IDE hard disk 1,44 MB 3 1/2" floppy drive (MITSUMI Mod. D359T5) I suppose it depends on the specific configuration of these PCs. I'm sure you know a solution to my problem. I'm looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely W. Seidl