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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Error: C:0 H:0 S:16
Date: 16 May 1996 12:23:04 GMT
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medrecjm@crl.com (John Mosser) wrote:

> Tried to install as dual boot on 540M dos drive - ran into geometry problems,
> so decided to allocate entire disk to freebsd.
> 
> Used novice install - seemed like everything was going ok, but now when I
> try to boot with boot.flp disk, I get "Error: C:0 H:0 S:16". 

Either your floppy is bad, or (since it just happens on sector 16), it
is misconfigured in the CMOS.  (CMOS claims it's a 3.5" drive, but it
is actually 5.25".)

-- 
cheers, J"org

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