Subject: Re: Netserver E50 reboots with install floppy
To: David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/23/1999 16:48:12
David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca> writes:
> > How much memory does your system have?
> 
> 128M

Then if you can boot 1.44M floppies, you should be able to use
boot1/boot2 without trouble.

> > > segment size numbers) it says 'read error: Input/output error'.
> > 
> > The floppy you wrote to might be damaged.
> 
> Sorry, meant to mention in the first message. I tried two floppies,
> one fresh out of the box, one, a re-format and rawrite over the 
> 1.3.3 boot.fs

Yuck. You are sure the tiny floppy works but that the normal ones
don't, AND that you have no possibility of a damaged floppy in boot1.fs?

> > > Are boot1 and boot2 meant to be used in some magical way I don't 
> > > know the secret for?
> > no. you just insert disk 1, and then, when it finishes reading, insert 
> > disk 2.
> 
> Does it prompt?

Yes.

Perry