Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:44:05 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floopies problems Message-ID: <372A8695.7E8BEFC4@3-cities.com> References: <19990501021556.KAUP7099562.mta2-rme@wocker>
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Dan Langille wrote: > > I can create boot floppies under DOS, no problem. > C:\TEMP>fdimage kern.flp a: > > C:\TEMP>fdimage mfsroot.flp a: > > But when it comes to freebsd, I lose big time. > > # cd 3.1-19990429-STABLE > # dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/floppy > 2880+0 records in > 2880+0 records out > 1474560 bytes transferred in 7.475212 secs (197260 bytes/sec) You got me curious and I tried this on a new 3.1-Release. I then tried to use the floppy to boot a different system and they didn't work. One thing I noticed is the transfer rate. On your system it is about 3x of what I thought the 3.5" floppy could do. What I had was 0.58 sec and 2.56MB/sec. Fantasy land! Kent > > # dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0 > dd: /dev/rfd0: Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 2.700567 secs (0 bytes/sec) > > >From what I understand of dd, the floppy doesn't have to be formatted, or > mounted. Is that correct? > > Also, the floppies in question work fine if I use fdimage but not dd. Are > these bad floppies [insert scolding sound here] or inept operaters [blush]? > > For that matter, why does the same floppy with work fdimage but not dd? > > cheers > > -- > Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited > The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ > NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ > The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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