Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:18:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Dean <brdean@unx.sas.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysinstall broken: can't load config file from floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181417410.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199808181823.OAA05715@dean.pc.sas.com>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Brian Dean wrote: > While installing FreeBSD from today's snap (8/18), I got the following > error when loading a configuration file from a floppy: > > "Error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist : Invalid argument" > > The debug screen only said: > > "DEBUG: Init floppy called for xxx.cfg distribution" > > The floppy I'm using is MS-DOS formatted. Are you sure? Invalid argument usually comes if /dev/fd0 isn't a MSDOS formatted floppy. > The last snap I installed was 7/26 and it worked with no problems. I > was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if there are any > known work-arounds. Try regenerating your floppy disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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