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Date:      Wed, 31 Jul 1996 21:07:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Barry Mishler <mishler@hughes.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to boot from floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960731210635.264V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19960731235229.AAA5584@mishler.hughes.net>

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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Barry Mishler wrote:

> I mailed questions@freebsd.org a couple of weeks ago concerning a problem I
> have getting the FreeBSD boot disk to work at all on my computer.  When I
> boot it, I get the normal four or five lines of header and usage information
> followed by the "boot:" prompt.  But then about three seconds later, it goes
> into a loop where it keeps printing
> ERROR: C:0 H:0 S:0
> infinitely.

Hm.

Have you used a new floppy?

Have you re-fetched the boot.flp image?

Have you checked out your floppy drive and cable?  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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