Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:32:03 +0100 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: Release 4.5 and 4.6 - Boot.flp 2.8 mb? Message-ID: <20020718063203.GA1627@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <08VPSPMGSR7IHTPGDWTTOED0406WVNM.3d362c81@sparky> References: <3D36214D.430C2983@shaw.ca> <08VPSPMGSR7IHTPGDWTTOED0406WVNM.3d362c81@sparky>
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 10:48:33PM -0400, Jud wrote: > 7/17/2002 10:00:45 PM, harsha godavari <h.godavari@shaw.ca> wrote: > >Jud wrote: > >> >Simon: > >> > I prepared both kern.flp & mfsroot.flp. When i tried to format > >> >one of those into a DOS bootdisk, it was formatted but without the > >> >system files. Scandisk showed sectors marked "bad". The disk was > >> >unbootable. Is there anyway that that disk can be cleaned up? > >> > >> Whoa there, Harsha - kern.flp and mfsroot.flp will take care of > booting > >> your machine into a FreeBSD installation all by themselves. No DOS > >> boot disk required. (Yes, operating systems other than Windows - > >> FreeBSD, Linux, etc. - can boot your computer.:) Just two freshly > >> formatted *empty* disks are required on which to image (with the > >> fdimage utility) kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. > > >Jud: > > I was done with booting the system with kern.flp & mfsboot.flp. > >After that I needed a DOS bootdisk in a hurry and not having any > spare > >disks (at that location) I tried to make up a DOS disk from one of the > >*.flp disks. Thats when I discovered that the new disk I just used for > >the second time (it was a DOS bootdisk, the first time) has developed > >"bad sectors". > > > >I am really curious to know if DOS format command cannot really > >reformate the boot sector of BSD boot code. If so is there a program > >that can revert the disk to its pristine state :-) > > > >This is really an intellectual curiosity rather than trying to save a > >10cent floppy. > > Sorry, if you mentioned that you'd unsuccessfully tried to format the > floppies I missed it. I don't have any particular expertise in this area. If > you've unsuccessfully tried formatting them in DOS and/or Win, then > perhaps the FreeBSD dd command might work to write all zeroes to > them, but I don't know the proper syntax. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to format a floppy under windows which used to contain the floppy images. If you are having problems then it's likely due to the floppy itself (I've been able to reformat freebsd boot disks with dos before with no problem). Sorry if this doesn't help much, but it's all I know :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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