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From: "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com>
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Subject: Re: Kern.flp
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Thanks for the responce.  I wish the problem was this simple.
I have replaced the FD drive, the cable and new disks with no
success.  It turns out though that I can not load any other
boot disk either.  I wish that you could make a bootable
CD instead of the floppies.  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Palfreman" <william@palfreman.com>
To: "Michael Wells" <michael-wells@swampwolf.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Kern.flp


> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Wells wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to install 4.5 release on a second machine replacing
> > a Linux installation.  I used the same process as the first machine
> > a former win2k box.  This time I am having problems
> > with the bootdisks.  The system refuses to accept the
> > kern.flp disk as a boot disk.  Any ideas on what could cause this?
> 
> Faulty disk or drive.  Floppy disks are at the end of their
> technological lifespan and many of the disks and drive units become
> spontaneously faulty.  Try a different disk and make sure you can boot
> the FreeBSD installer off a different machine to eliminate the
> possibility of drive faults.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill.
> 
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