From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Apr 11 11:50:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D2A337BB4B for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:50:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000411185015.BVPK7071.relay01@chello.nl>; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:50:15 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA02372; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:50:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:50:13 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jim King Cc: Michael Lucas , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun Message-ID: <20000411205013.M410@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200004111749.NAA06411@blackhelicopters.org> <004901bfa3e4$b9baeed0$a44b8486@jking> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <004901bfa3e4$b9baeed0$a44b8486@jking>; from king@sstar.com on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:35:33PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:35:33PM -0500, Jim King wrote: > On Tuesday, April 11, 2000 12:49 PM, Michael Lucas wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thanks to all who replied on the boot problem. I now have a new problem. > > > > The system is a Multia. I can get it to run the first install floppy, > > but the error > > > > *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun > > Diagnostic Name ID Device Pass Test Hard/Soft 11-APR-2020 > > boot 000000089 err_iob 0 0 0 15 18:00:23 > > > > (copied by hand, sorry) > > > > The first boot floppy finishes loading, and the system asks for the > > second boot floppy. I put in the second boot floppy, and the > > "mount_mfsroot -t blah" message flashes. An eyeblink later, I'm at > > the SMC console again. > > > > Any thoughts, anyone? > > Multia floppy drives are notoriously flaky. You might want to try a couple > more times just to see if you get lucky, or you could try some different > floppy disks. > > If you have the 4.0 CD you should be able to boot from that. > > You can try netbooting. I've heard that this works. :-) Netbooting Multias is one of them other problem areas... Go for the CD boot I'd say -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message