diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/boot/disk.c b/sys/arch/i386/boot/disk.c
index 1a56dd203d6a..0f37b2471d1e 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/boot/disk.c
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/boot/disk.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: disk.c,v 1.12 1995/03/12 00:10:58 mycroft Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: disk.c,v 1.13 1995/03/12 12:09:18 mycroft Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Ported to boot 386BSD by Julian Elischer (julian@tfs.com) Sept 1992
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ Bread(sector, addr)
 	int sector;
 	void *addr;
 {
-	int error;
 
 	if (dosdev != ra_dev || sector < ra_first || sector >= ra_end) {
 		int cyl, head, sec, nsec;
@@ -165,8 +164,8 @@ Bread(sector, addr)
 		if (nsec > RA_SECTORS)
 			nsec = RA_SECTORS;
 		twiddle();
-		while ((error = biosread(dosdev, cyl, head, sec, nsec, ra_buf)) != 0) {
-			printf("Error %d: C:%d H:%d S:%d\n", error, cyl, head, sec);
+		while (biosread(dosdev, cyl, head, sec, nsec, ra_buf)) {
+			printf("Error: C:%d H:%d S:%d\n", cyl, head, sec);
 			nsec = 1;
 			twiddle();
 		}