From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 3 22:55:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA15204 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PACBELL.net (chumash.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA15185 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:55:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp-1-62.snfc21.pacbell.net (ppp-1-62.snfc21.pacbell.net [206.170.1.62]) by PACBELL.net (8.7.5/8.7.1) with SMTP id WAA19259; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 22:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608040555.WAA19259@PACBELL.net> X-Authentication-Warning: chumash.snfc21.pbi.net: Host ppp-1-62.snfc21.pacbell.net [206.170.1.62] didn't use HELO protocol X-Sender: Leonard@pacbell.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 22:58:14 -0700 To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org, wookie@es.co.nz From: Leonard Chung Subject: Re: compaq boot disk Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >the bsd installation boot disk doesn't work on my compaq presario 524. I >have a feeling that I will need a boot patch, that I think the patch >must exist but I don't have a clue where to find it. I had some problems at first getting the boot disk to work. I found that Netscape doesn't ftp the boot disk correctly (even though I held down control to tell it to just save the file instead of displaying it). After FTPing the disk image with another FTP client, it worked fine. Hope that helps, Leonard -- Leonard Chung Support the Blue Ribbon Campaign for free speech online () http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html /\ "Those who will not reason perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason." - W. H. Auden