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From: karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: TinyBSD panics during boot
Date: 12 May 1993 23:37:58 -0500
Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL
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In article <1993May10.181903.1844@alw.nih.gov> crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) writes:
>If I fiddle the cable on my PC so that the 5.25" floppy boots, I can
>boot TinyBSD.  But if I reverse it so the 3.5" boots, TinyBSD panics
>just after trying to 'move root to <I forget>'.  Any cure?  I'd rather
>use the 3.5" as the A: drive, but now I'm forced to set up the 5.25"
>as the A:.
>
>        Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov
>O civili, si ergo, fortibus es in ero.         | ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY
>O novili, demis trux; indem arsem causen dux.
>--
>	Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov ( alas, not my 3b1 )-:
>		ABHOR SECRECY	-   DEFEND PRIVACY

You too!  Heh, its not my machine!  I'm impressed with that; I thought my
system was f*ed.  Anyway, I need a fix for this too; I do not have a 1.2MB
disk drive on my system and want to boot and run from 1.44!

I am attempting to boot NetBSD 0.8a and get a trap 18 immediately after
being prompted to switch disks.

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