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From: matt@bdd.net (Matthew Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Error on Boot : "Error: C:0 H:0 S:0"
Date: 30 Sep 1996 13:48:49 GMT
Organization: ButtonDown Digital
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Message-ID: <52oj41$3jg@thunder.mgl.ca>
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Keywords: disk, boot, wd1, error, freebsd
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I've installed FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP on a machine which previously ran
FreeBSD without error.  Now that I've reinstalled, and changed the boot
drive, I'm at a loss.

When booting off of /dev/wd1, the boot process stops right after the first
prompt, and scrolls this error repeatedly up the screen.  If I enter
"wd(1,a)kernel" at the first prompt, the machine boots perfectly.

Did I make a mistake in the installation process, or is this a bug?  I
know the mailing lists are full of questions such as these, but I can't
find an answer browsing the lists, or through the FAQ/Handbook combo.

Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

--
mat.

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