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From: Magnus Y Alvestad <magnus@due.ii.uib.no>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: boot floppy problem
Date: 27 May 1997 04:47:20 +0200
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
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I'm trying to boot the Adaptec kernel boot floppy on an ICL machine,
but I keep geting "ERROR: C:0 H:0 S:18".  Could this be because the
floppy drive is a 2.88 drive?

It's not a physical fault on the disk or the drive.

-Magnus