From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 6:19: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D123437B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:19:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pd6mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (h24-71-223-10.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C2B43E4A for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:19:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from h.godavari@shaw.ca) Received: from pd5mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.233]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0F00CAABN1IX@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 07:18:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml5so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.149]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0F00A4BBNUIW@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 07:19:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shaw.ca (h24-66-68-10.wp.shawcable.net [24.66.68.10]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0F00LHEBNTOL@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 07:19:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 08:20:35 -0500 From: harsha godavari Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] how to create bootable FIPS disks in win2k (addingfreebsd partition) To: jimmcloughlin@earthlink.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <3D4FCD23.678B309A@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim: has downloadable bootdisk images for various operating systems. Download DOS 6.22 bootdisk image (with CDRom support). Put a formatted (may be no need to format) disk in drive A: and run the downloaded file. It will create a bootable disk in your Drive A: I think there is enough room on th disk to copy FIPS and partition your disk. Regards Harsha Godavari Jim McLoughlin wrote: > > Hi y'all > > I couldn't find information on how to do this elsewhere on the web. It is > technically a DOS question... > > I'm repartitioning my laptop to install freebsd, planning to use FIPS. The > instructions say to create a bootable fips disk in dos via: > > sys a: > > or > > format a: /S > > However, for winnt and win2k, neither of these commands work. Does anyone > know the equivalent for win2k/nt? > > thanks > > JM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message