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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1961 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 19:00:26 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: [386bsd] Can't boot dist.fs, Help! Message-ID: <1993Feb23.025426.16768@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717 References: <1993Feb22.161723.8139@alw.nih.gov> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 02:54:26 GMT Lines: 22 In article <1993Feb22.161723.8139@alw.nih.gov> ramon@helix.nih.gov (Ramon J. Hontanon) writes: >Hello all! > >I got the dist.fs file from agate.berkely.edu and copied it to a 1.44 >3.5" diskette using RAWRITE.EXE (from the same site). > >Whenever I try to boot off of this floppy it just gives me the welcome >banner and then it just sits there, the diskette drive light always >on. If I try to do it a second time, nothing at all happens (not even >a banner). Any clues? Try the new patchkit bootables, which contain boot block fixes, and an updated kernel. In the unofficial/patch-kit directory on all major 386BSD archive sites. Nate -- opjnw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, home #: (406) 586-0579 | I don't think they'll catch on - Don H.