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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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