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From: adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386BSD & COMPAQ 486/33
Message-ID: <Bu9CwA.7Mt@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Date: 8 Sep 92 11:50:33 GMT
References: <1992Sep7.112452.5403@csd.uch.gr> <1992Sep8.023138.25145@super.org> <92252.095938HEUER@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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In article <92252.095938HEUER@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE> Stephan Heuer <HEUER@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE> writes:
>I have 386BSD 0.1 running on a Compaq Deskpro 386/20 with 387,
>ethernet and 60MB hard disk. 0.1 refused to boot, but I had 0.0 running
>so I used the 0.0 boot block. I just copied the first 8k from the 0.0
>boot disk to the 0.1 boot disk and voila ... I have *not* changed my 0.0
>disklabel on the hard disk!

And I had lost hope of ever running 0.1 on a Compaq.

Is there an archive with the 0.0 boot disk on it? Could you send me
a uuencoded version + instructions of what you did? Or post it to the
net - I am sure this will be helpful to a number of people.

Adrian

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