On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, matt baker wrote:

> > > boot floppy created using Suntar 2.2.2
> > 
> > Did you try gnu tar too?

suntar is the MacOS program which reads tar floppies. It also has a
feature to write floppies from a given file, which is what we use to make
the floppies under MacOS. :-)

> Okay,  some more testing...
> 
> - created new boot floppy with dd on FreeBSD box
> - still same errors booting with floppy drive in lefthand media-bay
> - first attempt at boot fd:0 with drive in righthand bay results with often
>   refered to "Default Catch" error.
> - second attempt at boot fd:0 with drive in righthand side, actually boots!

My Beige G3 does the same thing. I'm not sure why.

Take care,

Bill