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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!fox.almaden.ibm.com!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!no.such.domain!bill From: bill@qstools.com (Bill Cox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't Boot from Floppy Date: 2 Apr 1996 06:05:54 GMT Organization: Sirius Cybernetics, Sirius City branch Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4jqg42$rj@news.scruz.net> References: <4jpi0d$kv1@rigel.pixi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.179.159.64 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] R J Huntington (rjh@pacinfo.net) wrote: : This is odd. I don't know if it's my machine or the OS. I can't : boot from drive a: on my i486-based FreeBSD 2.0 machine. : Normally, I have the CMOS setup configured to go directly to the : hard drive to boot instead of first looking at the floppy. I wanted : to boot from a new FreeBSD boot floppy to see what the upgrade : possibilities were, so I entered the CMOS setup and reconfigured to : cause the floppy to be consulted before the hard drive on bootup. : But Nooooo. It behaves exactly as before, ignoring the floppy and : booting directly from the hard drive. I don't know if it's the OS : somehow or the hardware or the CMOS or what. Anyone have any ideas? : Thanks, Ralph Huntington Yep. Two. Broken floppy drive or non-bootable floppy. You can fry a floppy (3.5 inch variety) by plugging the control cable in backwards. I've done it. I got into careless habits with the older 5.25 inch drives, but no longer... -- Bill Cox Software Janitor Raise taxes to cover the deficit? Are you *crazy*?? They'll spend 1.3 times the amount we allocate them, no matter how much it is.