Thanks for the info...

Matthias Drochner wrote.
> Excerpts from netbsd: 14-Jun-96 Hard drive boot problems (1.1)
> NICK.HUDSON@sc.rafsca.hp (801)
>
> >    Everything seems to install correctly, but I just cannot boot
> > from either hd. The error message is "Read Error".
>
> I had the same error messages when I tried to install
> NetBSD-1.1 on a IDE drive.
> This was caused by the BIOS not passing drive information
> to bootstrap in %dl.

   How can I check if this is the same problem that I have?

> Workaround: make special bootblocks for hard disk
> (remove floppy code, hardwire drive 0x80).

   How can I do this? What programs are available to help?

   Thanks again,

   Nick
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