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From: tom@izf.tno.nl (Tom Vijlbrief)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: dist.fs boot infinity-loop
Keywords: boot loop
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.163412.25464@izf.tno.nl>
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:34:12 GMT
References: <BxxHtz.2sz@encore.com> <1eko36INN25l@menudo.uh.edu>
Organization: TNO Institute for Perception
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wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin) writes:

>>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).

Yep,

The Compaq reboot from floppy problem was fixed a few months ago
by someone from Japan (Sorry, I forgot your name).

I have distributed a new bootblock for the floppies and someone
(Sorry forgot his name too and I last my mailrecord:-( )
placed it on an archive (can you please repost the archive name).

If you get no response than I'll repost it or place it
on our own archive. (we just got internet :-)

Tom