From nobody Thu Dec 10 22:04:39 1998 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19920; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:04:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <199812110604.WAA19920@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:04:39 -0800 (PST) From: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.8R boot floppy won't write to fixit floppy X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 9051 >Category: conf >Synopsis: 2.2.8R boot floppy won't write to fixit floppy >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 10 22:10:01 PST 1998 >Closed-Date: Fri Jul 14 03:24:02 PDT 2000 >Last-Modified: Fri Jul 14 03:24:44 PDT 2000 >Originator: Steve Friedrich >Release: 2.2.8R >Organization: >Environment: Not pertinent, really. The machine happens to be -stable, last cvsupped 12-04-98, but the problem is the 2.2.8R floppies. >Description: boot.flp won't write to fixit.flp (2.2.8R) I downloaded these from 2.2.7R and they worked. In an attempt to isolate the problem, I tried using the 2.2.7R fixit floppy with the 2.2.8R boot floppy (I don't know if this is valid, matched set?), but the symptom was the same. It appears the boot floppy is the culprit. >How-To-Repeat: 1.Get boot.flp and fixit.flp from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/floppies/ 2.fdimage each to a floppy. 3.boot from the boot floppy, skip kernel config (GENERIC is ok for my system) 4. >Fix: Workaround is to use 2.2.7R boot.flp and fixit.flp >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: nbm State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 14 03:24:02 PDT 2000 State-Changed-Why: Lots has changed since 2.2.7, and this behaviour doesn't recur in my testing. Nevertheless, thanks for the problem report. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9051 >Unformatted: