From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 18 04:37:13 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id EAA10916 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 04:37:13 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA10910 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 04:37:09 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id VAA18051; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 21:00:31 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199506181130.VAA18051@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.0.5-R installing from 3.5" FD To: joerg@smiley.interface-business.de (Joerg Weber) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 20:59:45 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9506160935.AA22100@smiley.interface-business.de> from "Joerg Weber" at Jun 16, 95 11:35:49 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1116 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joerg Weber stands accused of saying: > Info ONLY! No content, by the look of it; can anyone parse this? > Installing from 3.5" FD is possible with 2.0.5-R without > Boot-Floppies in the following way: > > - write the image of the 5.25" Bootfloppy of an normal > HD formatted 3.5" FD with dd, like > > dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0.1200 bs=1200k Huh? The same image works just fine on a 3.5" floppy. None of this stuffing around is necessary. > - change the FD-Type in the Bios-Setup of the PC on which > You will install FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE Don't, it's a waste of time. > Joerg Weber It works like this : dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a Regardless of _what_ your floppy is. Leave your CMOS config alone, and boot away. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[