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From: Steven Bjork <bjork@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: laptop: Toshiba t2400 2.0.5 boot disk woes
Date: 7 Jul 1995 16:43:59 GMT
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I tried the 2.0.5 boot disk in a Toshiba T2400, and the Toshiba
thinks it's an unformatted diskette :(

This diskette booted fine on a 486dx2/66 with Adaptec 1542/floppy.
The diskette was written on the 486/1542.

And I can read the bin.aa files off the msdos diskettes when
I "dir" on the t2400, so I'm sure the floppy drive is working,
and I have good media. I wrote the bin.aa files on the above
486 as well.

Is there something stupid in the Toshiba that looks for a
magic number etc on a boot floppy? Anyone else tried a t2400?

../Steven