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From: Robert_Batten@Candle.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: The fixit.flp image dows not boot from the floppy. Should it?
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>Number:         3231
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       The fixit.flp image dows not boot from the floppy. Should it?
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr  8 13:00:01 PDT 1997
>Closed-Date:    Sun Apr 13 02:12:30 MET DST 1997
>Last-Modified:  Sat Apr 12 17:20:03 PDT 1997
>Originator:     Rob Batten
>Release:        2.1.7
>Organization:
Candle Corporation
>Environment:
FreeBSD fairview-bsd.candle.com 2.1.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE #0 Wed Feb 19 23:08:10 1997 jkh@thingy.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compiler GENERIC i386
>Description:
The Fixit.flp image does not boot. Should it?
>How-To-Repeat:
reboot
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: joerg 
State-Changed-When: Sun Apr 13 02:12:30 MET DST 1997 
State-Changed-Why:  
No, it ain't. 


From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: Robert_Batten@Candle.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/3231: The fixit.flp image dows not boot from the floppy. Should it?
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 02:02:55 +0200

 As Robert_Batten@Candle.com wrote:
 
 > >Description:
 > The Fixit.flp image does not boot. Should it?
 
 No.  It shouldn't.  There's no space to put a /kernel on it, that's
 why it is structured as a supplement floppy to the normal boot floppy.
 Sysinstall has a menu entry that lets you use the fixit floppy.
 
 -- 
 cheers, J"org
 
 joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
 Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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