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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:55:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.2 boot disk just keeps on rebooting
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On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Francis Vidal wrote:

> hello everyone!
> 
> i created a boot disk from the 2.2.2-RELEASE CD (using setup.exe supplied)
> but i couldn't get the machine to boot from the floppy disk drive! it
> reboots when it starts to read from the floppy disk. what could be wrong
> here?

Sounds like the disk is bad.  Try using a new disk and writing the disk
using the fdimage.exe program in tools\ on the CD.

tools\fdimage floppes\boot.flp a:

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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