On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:48:24PM -0800, David Brownlee wrote:
> 	You could give
> 	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/incoming/abs/i386-boot.9923-03.fs 
> 
> 	a go - its built from this morning's sources but I can't take
> 	a machine down right now to test it, so you're on the bleeding
> 	edge :)
> 
> 	Let me know how it goes!
> 
> 		David/absolute

This disk behaves just like boot1.fs did, 'read data: Input/output error' at
about the same point in the boot process.

If I'm not imagining it, boot1.fs didn't have a spinner /-\-, during the
load process, but 9923-03.fs does.

Has anyone seen this on another machine? Or is this just an HPism?

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