Subject: Re: Computer hangs after reading the install floppies
To: Quentin Garnier <netbsd-port-i386@quatriemek.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/06/2003 20:36:43
On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 08:33:30PM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> 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.

OK, I didn't think about this

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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