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- From: tom@izf.tno.nl (Tom Vijlbrief)
- Subject: Re: dist.fs boot infinity-loop
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.163412.25464@izf.tno.nl>
- Keywords: boot loop
- Organization: TNO Institute for Perception
- References: <BxxHtz.2sz@encore.com> <1eko36INN25l@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:34:12 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin) writes:
-
- >>It seems that some PCs (Including (but not limited to) Compaq
- >>Systems and TI's) hang in an infinite loop when booting from
- >>the dist.fs diskette (3 1/2", 1.44 Mbytes).
-
- Yep,
-
- The Compaq reboot from floppy problem was fixed a few months ago
- by someone from Japan (Sorry, I forgot your name).
-
- I have distributed a new bootblock for the floppies and someone
- (Sorry forgot his name too and I last my mailrecord:-( )
- placed it on an archive (can you please repost the archive name).
-
- If you get no response than I'll repost it or place it
- on our own archive. (we just got internet :-)
-
- Tom
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