Re: reading boot 100's of times (first install)

["Chris" <brahma@mendolink.com>]

Ok, I downloaded them using BINARY, boot the cd and get just a bit farther.
This time it says "reading boot..." then goes to a new line and says "Bad
magic".


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Holland" <nick@holland-consulting.net>
To: "Chris" <brahma@mendolink.com>; "Misc @OpenBSD" <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: reading boot 100's of times (first install)


> Chris wrote:
> >
> > This is my first experience with OpenBSD, from reading the docs it
seemed
> > like it should be pretty painless.  I have download 3.1 from
> > ftp.openbsd.org.  I have tired booting from all the floppies and cdrom.
> > Each time it loads it just fills the screen with reading boot just
scrolling
> > 100's of times.  I have tired it in other machines and does the same.  I
> > tired creating the floppies and cd's in other machines as well.  I have
> > downloaded 3.0 and it gives the same problem.  Didn't see anything in
the
> > FAQ on OpenBSD.org nor any results on google.com.  Thanks in advance!
>
> Been there, done it.
>
> When you downloaded the boot floppy image, you downloaded it to a
> WINDOWS machine, and forgot to tell it it was a BINARY file.
>
> Try the download again, use the BINARY option, you will be in good
> shape, I think.
>
> Nick.
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