Subject: Re: Computer hangs after reading the install floppies
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Quentin Garnier <netbsd-port-i386@quatriemek.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/06/2003 20:33:30
Le Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:17:28 +0200
Manuel Bouyer a ecrit :
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 07:51:06PM +0200, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> > Might be bad floppy - did you try different set?
> 
> I don't think it can. When =0x53c398 is printed, the kernel should
> already be loaded, and the bootblocks should be trying to decompress it,
> or call the entry point (I don't know if decompression is done on the
> fly, or after read)

I had the issue once. There's no checksum, so if there is an erroneous
read not reported, the kernel can not boot. I changed the disk, and it
worked.

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