Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 22:32:54 -0600 From: "Brian D. Woodruff" <wood@eris.quintessential.com> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990327223254.008d1c80@freeq.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903272018350.21518-100000@harlie.bfd.com> References: <36FD7335.96FB761D@freeq.com>
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At 08:21 PM 3/27/99 -0800, you wrote: >On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Brian Woodruff wrote: > >> My business partner just spent three hours trying to install 3.1 STABLE >> onto a new system, and always got "bad format" errors (or something >> similar) when we tried to load the kernel upon boot. >> >> When we switched to the 3.0 CD-ROM, the system loaded and booted fine. >> In every case, we used the "minimum" configuration. My partner and I >> have both performed dozens of successful installations in the past, both >> via net and CD. I can only assume that 3.1 STABLE is not suitable for >> release. > >I found that 3.1-RELEASE was very sensitive to floppy disk quality. I >formatted the disks on Win95 with verify on, and threw out any disk with >even a single bad sector, and that got it to work. I didn't install off a floppy - I booted off a CD and installed off ftp5.freebsd.org I subsequently installed successfully off of the same CD, so I know that is not an issue. Also, yes, since the image files are mapping by cluster, you must have perfect media in order to get a useful set of install disks, if you have to install off of floppies. Fortunately, I have bandwidth on my side, and don't have to go through such pains! BDW > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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