Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:00:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Stephen Brown <sbrown@net1plus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation help Message-ID: <19970911090005.46809@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34171492.63AA791C@net1plus.com>; from Stephen Brown on Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 05:43:47PM -0400 References: <34171492.63AA791C@net1plus.com>
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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 05:43:47PM -0400, Stephen Brown wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD on my machine, but I ran into a problem > with the boot disk. What happens is I get this error message after the > boot prompt that continuously says:"error: d:0x0 c:64 h:1 s:13" (I don't > know if it matters but I can't remember if the letters were capitalized > or not) I then tried typing -c at the boot prompt and still got the same > thing. I checked the hardware compatability list and I really don't > think I have anything that is incompatible. Your boot floppy. The message is telling you that you have a defective sector on your floppy. Try: 1. Throw the floppy away. It's not worth wasting your time on. 2. Take a new floppy. Format it. Try again. Greg
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