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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!sunic!isgate!veda.is!root From: root@veda.is (Tree and Root) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Compaq woes (w/Adaptec SCSI) Keywords: install, compaq, scsi Message-ID: <C59w55.Jrw@veda.is> Date: 10 Apr 93 14:55:51 GMT References: <1q5ldkINN2bj@abyss.West.Sun.COM> Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Lines: 12 mercier@irving.West.Sun.COM (Bob Mercier) writes: >I didn't have any problems installing from dist.fs and I can mount and examine >the root partition on the hard drive, as long as I boot from the floppy. If >I try to boot the HD directly I get a little 'c' or 'e' at the top of the screen, I also get a 'e' in the top left corner of the screen when the hard disk boots. It did not always do this, are the bootblocks corrupt? When I figure out how to install Julian's bootblocks, I'll use them instead. -- Adam D. (adam@veda.is)