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Subject: 1.4M boot floppies contained on cdrom ISO image don't work
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>Number:         20450
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       1.4M boot floppies contained on cdrom ISO image don't work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    jkh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 06 21:10:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:    Tue Aug 8 00:48:24 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Tue Aug  8 01:00:01 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Robert Mills
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD radnt058.syd.lucent.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0:
Fri Jul 28 14:30:31 GMT 2000
jkh@ref4.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
I created "kern" and "mfsroot" boot floppies using the images
contained on the cdrom image downloaded from:

  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-install.iso

These floppies would not work, so I download new copies from:

  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/floppies

This time the boot was successful. I noted that the kern and mfsroot
floppies files from the cdrom differ from those that I downloaded
separately.
>How-To-Repeat:
Create kern and mfsroot floppies from the "floppies/" directory
on the 4.1-RELEASE cdrom.
>Fix:
Download new copies of the floppy images.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Aug 7 02:05:39 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Waiting for feedback from the originator. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Aug 7 02:05:39 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Jordan will want to see the feedback. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20450 

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: rbmills@lucent.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/20450: 1.4M boot floppies contained on cdrom ISO image don't work 
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:05:29 +0200

 On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:05:01 MST, rbmills@lucent.com wrote:
 
 > I created "kern" and "mfsroot" boot floppies using the images
 > contained on the cdrom image downloaded from:
 > 
 >   ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-install.iso
 > 
 > These floppies would not work, so I download new copies from:
 
 "These floppies would not work" doesn't help much.  Could you explain
 exactly what you saw?
 
 Furthermore, are you convinced that you haven't just been bitten by bad
 floppies, or badly written floppies?  You wouldn't be the first person
 to have tripped up over this. :-)
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.
 

From: Robert Mills <rbmills@lucent.com>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/20450: 1.4M boot floppies contained on cdrom ISO image
 don't work 
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 08:52:25 +1000 (EST)

 Sheldon,
 
 Sorry about the "it didn't work" problem description. I should have
 known better, having received this sort of problem report myself
 may times.
 
 It turns out I have made a fool of myself. You are right, I recreated
 the boot floppy and all is OK.
 
 What had me believing there was a problem is that the kern.flp file
 in the cdrom is different from the one downloaded from:
 
  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/floppies/kern.flp
 
 I appologise for causing any inconvenience. I'll ensure that I retest
 any suspect problems before reporting them next time. You guys are doing
 a great job and it certainly was not my intention to throw bogus
 bug reports at you.
 
 
 Thanks for the prompt response,
 
 
 Robert Mills
 
 
 On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
 
 > 
 > 
 > On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:05:01 MST, rbmills@lucent.com wrote:
 > 
 > > I created "kern" and "mfsroot" boot floppies using the images
 > > contained on the cdrom image downloaded from:
 > > 
 > >   ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-install.iso
 > > 
 > > These floppies would not work, so I download new copies from:
 > 
 > "These floppies would not work" doesn't help much.  Could you explain
 > exactly what you saw?
 > 
 > Furthermore, are you convinced that you haven't just been bitten by bad
 > floppies, or badly written floppies?  You wouldn't be the first person
 > to have tripped up over this. :-)
 > 
 > Ciao,
 > Sheldon.
 > 
 
 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 8 00:48:24 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
The usual suspect rears its head again. :-) 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20450 

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Robert Mills <rbmills@lucent.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/20450: 1.4M boot floppies contained on cdrom ISO image don't work 
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 09:50:50 +0200

 On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 08:52:25 +1000, Robert Mills wrote:
 
 > I appologise for causing any inconvenience. I'll ensure that I retest
 > any suspect problems before reporting them next time. You guys are doing
 > a great job and it certainly was not my intention to throw bogus
 > bug reports at you.
 
 What is it that they always say about having to fall off a horse seven
 times before you can call yourself a rider?
 
 Everyone makes mistakes. :-)
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.
 
>Unformatted:
