Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:26:44 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: EMANUELE COSTA <e.costa@lancaster.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with 2.2.1 release Message-ID: <199706202226.XAA27009@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jun 1997 18:43:56 BST." <Pine.SOL.3.91.970620183755.13568B-100000@unixc.lancs.ac.uk>
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> Hi, > I've just downloaded the 2.2.1 release of freebsd and I've got a > big problem! > Whenever I try to use the boot disk it happens that while > expanding or decompressing the kernel a "bad crc error" occurs and > consequently the system crashes, ( it needs a cold reboot!). > I tried the disk on different computers and it worked fine, so I > decided to test all the various version and what I get is: > > 1) 2.1.7 can boot, ( no errors) > 2) 2.2.1 error > 3) 2.2.2 error [.....] I'd try writing a 2.2.1 image on your disk 1) and a 2.1.7 image on disk 2) to make sure that it's not a media thing. Some floppy drives just refuse to read stuff formatted by others - although it's not so common these days. > EMANUELE > > -- > e-mail: costa@unix.lancs.ac.uk > http://www.leganordsen.it/ > > -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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