Re: 4.9 is now available

From: Dan Strick (strick_at_covad.net)
Date: 10/30/03

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:54:05 -0800 (PST)
To: murray@freebsd.org

    I downloaded the 4.9-i386-disc1.iso file, verified its md5 fingerprint,
    burned it to CD, copied the CD back into a file, verified that this
    file was the same as the 4.9-i386-disc1.iso file, booted the CD, and
    noticed a little problem.

    The CD will not boot correctly. Instead it displays:

            1. FD 2.88MB System Type-(0f)

    Then it waits a few seconds and boots the first FreeBSD slice on my
    first hard disk. After retrying this a few times to make sure it was
    not a fluke, I made kern/mfsroot floppies from the CD and used them
    to boot the installation system. Then I was able to do a successful
    4.9 installation using the CD.

    Is it just me? Has anyone else yet burned and booted the
    4.9-i386-disc1.iso CD image? Can anyone explain the message
    about the 2.88 MB floppy disk?

    Dan Strick
    strick@covad.net
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