On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, DONVAN wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm having a bit of trouble installing NetBSD 1.2 for the i386. At one 
> time my problem dealt with the IDE HD and Phoenix BIOS, but I replaced 
> the HD (including controller) with a SCSI. Now my problem is when the 
> NetBSD installation script is running some commands( specifically the 
> newfs command), I receive errors saying:
> 	fd0a: soft error writing fsbn 56 of 56-63
> 	                              64 of 64-71
> 					"   "
> 					"   "
> 	fd0a: hard error writing fsbn " of  " -  "
> If anyone out there know of my problem, please write me back.
> 
	Have you tried recreating the install floppies. It sounds like
	you either have an error on one of them or another problem with
	your floppy drive.

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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