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Date:      Thu, 6 Jun 2002 01:06:55 +0100 (BST)
From:      William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com>
To:        Michael Wells <michael-wells@swampwolf.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kern.flp
Message-ID:  <20020606010231.K179-100000@kmart.lan.palfreman.com>
In-Reply-To: <021101c20cdb$d921fe50$0a01a8c0@mswolf>

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On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Wells wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install 4.5 release on a second machine replacing
> a Linux installation.  I used the same process as the first machine
> a former win2k box.  This time I am having problems
> with the bootdisks.  The system refuses to accept the
> kern.flp disk as a boot disk.  Any ideas on what could cause this?

Faulty disk or drive.  Floppy disks are at the end of their
technological lifespan and many of the disks and drive units become
spontaneously faulty.  Try a different disk and make sure you can boot
the FreeBSD installer off a different machine to eliminate the
possibility of drive faults.

Regards,
Bill.


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