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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: v2.1 boot floppy problem.
Date: 9 Jan 1997 18:05:18 GMT
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cbreece@telogy.com (Cris Breece) wrote:

> <normal first line>
> "use fd(1,a)/netbsd when sd0 and wd0 are installed"
> "Boot:" <stuff> ":-"
> "Error: C:0 S:0 H:18"
> 
> With the last line repeating.  Anyone know what, or has seen, this problem?  

This is attempting a floppy boot?

If so, are you sure the drive is correctly announced in the CMOS (just
a wild guess).

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j