floppy install keeps failing.

[Gary Kline]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 01:20:24AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> 

		Well, I followed one suggestion that the
		kern.flp mighthave been a dud.   I re-formatted,
		and re dd'd ./kern.flp onto the floppy. (It's a 
		new floppy, BTW.)  After about 10 seconds of
		the ASCII spinner, I get the same errs mentioned
		below.

		Is there a newer version of these flp files?
		Other than running a checksum, I'm at a loss.

		Ideas, please!!

		-gary

> 	Folks,
> 
> 	A few weeks ago I ftp'd the following flopping of 5.2
> 	to due a network sysinstall of a new upgraded HP Kayak.
> 
>     53 -rw-r--r--  1 kline  wheel    53640 Jan  6 22:58 README.TXT
>   1448 -rw-------  1 kline  wheel  1474560 Jan  6 22:53 drivers.flp
>   1448 -rw-------  1 kline  wheel  1474560 Jan  6 22:55 fixit.flp
>   1448 -rw-------  1 kline  wheel  1474560 Jan  6 22:50 kern.flp
>   1448 -rw-------  1 kline  wheel  1474560 Jan  6 22:52 mfsroot.flp
>   pf 0:52 <tao> [5118]                       
> 
> 	I should mention that aside from my 4mm SCSI tape drive,
> 	I'm converting the Kayak to all-IDE.   I don't see how this
> 	could make any difference in my floppy/network install
> 	failing.
> 
> 	First, I insert kern.flp and boot.  What happens has never 
> 	happened before in the from-scratch floppy installs I've 
> 	done over the years.
> 
> 	I finally see printed to the screen an error message concerning
> 
> 	"error 16 lba 128
> 	"NO /boot/loader"
> 
> 	this followed by the floppy attempt to find a kernel.  Something
> 	like 
> 
> 	"Default 0(0,a)/kernel
> 	boot: error 16 lba 128"
> 
> 	Note that prev. installs of RH-8.0 were done by CDROM, 
> 	and upgrded over the net.  tHis box will be my new DNS 
> 	server and will be loaded for bear!  ...Well, if i ever
> 	get 5.2 installed....
> 
> 	Anybody have any clue where I've gon so terribly wrong!??
> 
> 	thanks for any ideas,
> 
> 	gary
> 

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