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From: bouyer@antifer.ibp.fr (Manuel BOUYER)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: boot floppy problem
Date: 28 May 1997 10:19:36 GMT
Organization: Universites Paris VI/Paris VII - France
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Magnus Y Alvestad (magnus@due.ii.uib.no) wrote:
> I'm trying to boot the Adaptec kernel boot floppy on an ICL machine,
> but I keep geting "ERROR: C:0 H:0 S:18".  Could this be because the
> floppy drive is a 2.88 drive?
> 

It can be. I remember something about this in a NetBSD mailing list
some time ago (someone wanted to install NetBSD on a laptop with such a drive).
It should be possible to hack the boot blocks, but the best way would be
to install a 1.44 drive if possible.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.                 bouyer@masi.ibp.fr
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