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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.consultix.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!acsu.buffalo.edu!pleung From: pleung@cs.buffalo.edu (Patrick Leung) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't Boot frrom Boot Floppy (HELP!) Date: 27 Aug 1996 03:03:15 GMT Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4vtohj$hqc@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> References: <4rdsdt$mm4@earth.alpha.net> <31DADDA6.6FE1@www.play-hookey.com> <rhiggins.836418584@earth> <31DBEF2E.3DA4@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yeager.cs.buffalo.edu NNTP-Posting-User: pleung X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : Now that the fun's over with, let's try the next logical questions: When : you pulled down the boot.flp code, did you specify a binary file : transfer? Did you use rawrite.exe to create the boot floppy? For that : matter, did you use a binary transfer to get rawrite.exe? : One of my co-workers made that mistake in getting most of the : distribution, and the result was an *amazing* sequence of errors! yes indeed. Also, you should format the disks yourself; don't rely on preformatted disks to be 100% good. Often times, the check for bad blocks for formatting new disks is omitted to save time. If you do save your kernel onto a bad disk, you'll inevitably get tons of errors, and won't know the real cause. Patrick