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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!hkpu01.hkp.hk!cs122144 From: cs122144@hkpu01.polyu.edu.hk (Arthur S.L. Hsieh) Subject: Re: 950622-SNAP bootdisk problem Message-ID: <DCBx81.qp@hkpu01.polyu.edu.hk> Reply-To: c1221442@comp.polyu.edu.hk Organization: Hong Kong Polytechnic University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <DCBJtp.A2J@hkpu01.polyu.edu.hk> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 15:19:12 GMT Lines: 15 Arthur S.L. Hsieh (c1221442@comp.polyu.edu.hk) wrote: > The bootdisk from 2.0.5-950622-SNAP can't boot my old 386DX-33 system > but it has no problem on booting a 486 system. However, I've no > problem in booting the same 386 system when using the updated bootdisk > from 2.0.5-RELEASE. I suspect my bootdisk image from SNAP is somehow > corrupted and in the process of regetting the image again from > ftp.freebsd.org thro' a horrible slow link. I've got the bootdisk image from ftp.freebsd.org again but sadly to know that it's identical to my original copy. Can anyone confirm that bootdisk from 2.0.5-950622-SNAP will mess up a whole screen after loading the kernel in a 386 system? -- Arthur Hsieh c1221442@comp.polyu.edu.hk