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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: help!@#
To: pitlord@usit.net
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 21:53:23 -0700 (MST)
Cc: rfogle@ultra2.ionet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199701260238.VAA12571@smtest.usit.net> from "Troy Settle" at Jan 25, 97 09:39:16 pm
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> On 25 Jan 97 at 19:33, Pamela Fogle babbled something about:
> 
> > I was in the process of dumping my linux system in favor for a
> > FreeBSD box when it all came to an abrupt halt.
> >   I downloaded boot.flp from your site.  I used normal ftp (not
> >   
> > netscape) and ensured it was a binary transfer.  I have win95
> > on my system (for other household inhabitants to use) and I
> > used rawrite.exe through straight DOS.  I've tried the entire
> > process many times, and I always get this error when I try to
> > boot from the install floppy:

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

She doesn't claim to be having problems RAWRITEing the floppy.
Is this part of the infamous Win95 SNAFU (sorry, I don't run
Win95).  A search of the mailing list archives would probably
be profitable as this subject comes up more often than the sun...

--don

> > BIOS Basemem(639k) != RTC Basemem(640k)
> > 
> > FATAL TRAP 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> > 
> > Fault Virtual Address:  0xcc
> > Fault Code: supervisor read, page not present
> > Instructor Pointer: 0x8:0xf019e3de
> > Code Segment: base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b, DPL 0, pres
> > 1, 
> >               def 321, gran 1
> > Processor Flags: resume, IOPL=0
> > Current Proc: 0()
> > Interupt Mask: net tty bio
> > Panic: page fault
> > 
> > OK, here's some specs on my puter:
> > 
> >   1.  486dx2/50, 16meg Ram, 8k l1 cache, 0k l2 cache
> >   2.  Make: Acer  Model: AcerAcros model #91.41301.949
> >   3.  PS/2 mouse, on-board VGA
> > 
> > If you need any more info, I'll do my best to supply it to
> > you..  Please help, the future of a Linux convert hangs in the
> > balance.. :)
> > 
> 
> When using RAWRITE.EXE, you need to go into DOS mode, not just a 
> dos window.
> 
> If you haven't already dumped your linux system, try using dd.
> 
> >    Thank you,
> > 
> >    Richard N. Fogle
> >    rfogle@mail.ionet.net
> > 
> 
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