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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!wjin From: wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: dist.fs boot infinity-loop Date: 21 Nov 1992 07:22:14 GMT Organization: University of Houston Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1eko36INN25l@menudo.uh.edu> References: <BxxHtz.2sz@encore.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: modigliani.cs.uh.edu Keywords: boot loop In article <BxxHtz.2sz@encore.com> idequesa@encore.com (Ivan Dequesada) writes: > >Does anyone know the difference between BSD's dist.fs and >LINUX's dist.fs?? > >It seems that some PCs (Including (but not limited to) Compaq >Systems and TI's) hang in an infinite loop when booting from >the dist.fs diskette (3 1/2", 1.44 Mbytes). I had a similar problem with fixit.fs. Someone hinted to me that it might be because of fixit.fs corruption. So, I freshly formatted a diskette, re-ftp'ed and re-download it. Then the problem was gone. Just a possibility. -- ____ ____ ____ ____________________________________ (___) _________________ | | | | | | W. Woody Jin (wjin@cs.uh.edu) (o o) Moo.... | | | |__| | PhD Student. Research Asst. o=======\ / I'm a Cow Lover. | | | | Dept. of Computer Science / | ||O My wife was born \ |---| |--| | University of Houston ` ||'---|| in Cow year. Mooo \____/|__| |__| _______________________________^^ ^^_____________________