From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Feb 6 11:03:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA04544 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:03:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (196-31-98-124.iafrica.com [196.31.98.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA04494 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:03:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@iafrica.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id VAA01070; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:02:47 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199802061902.VAA01070@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: bin/5663: fdimage fails: sector not found In-Reply-To: <199802060241.SAA29712@hub.freebsd.org> from "jlusa@compuserve.com" at "Feb 5, 98 06:41:18 pm" To: jlusa@compuserve.com Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:02:45 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@iafrica.com, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" Jerry Lusa wrote: > >Number: 5663 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: fdimage fails: sector not found [.....] > >Release: 2.2.1 (Walnut Creek CDROM) > >Environment: > 386 DX 25Mhz; 1.44MB floppy; SONY CD-ROM; > >Description: > When attempting to create a boot floppy using either MAKEFLP.BAT or > fdimage ..., I get "sector not found". Try fdimage 1.5 (May 1997) available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/fdimage.exe and most mirror sites. There was a bug in the initial release of fdimage (AFAIK still distributed on the 2.2.1 CD-ROM) which caused this problem. If version 1.5 doesn't work for you, please send debug output (eg. fdimage -d boot.flp a:) direct to me at . -- Robert Nordier