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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic when trying to install FBSD 2.2.1
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:37:06 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Charles Reese <reese@chem.duke.edu>
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Charles Reese wrote:
> When the machine is booted with the boot.flp it gets to
> 'Changing root device to fd0c' and then says:
> panic double fault
> Syincing disks...

Sounds like a duff floppy.  Have you tried with a fresh floppy?

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.