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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:17:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: cbsled@moose.ncia.net
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Subject: Re: Installation problem from OS/2
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 cbsled@moose.ncia.net wrote:

> I couldn't get FBSDBOOT.EXE to run in an OS/2 DOS session. It gave the
> message: "Could not switch to protected mode." Anyone know of DOS settings
> that will make it work? I do not have "real" DOS on this (Micro$oft-Free)
> system.

fbsdboot won't work from protected-mode enviroments (DOS/EMM386, OS/2,
Windows 95/NT).  Install the boot manager instead.

> Since that failed, I tried making the BSD boot floppy. That gets as far as
> the "Boot:" prompt, then, if left alone, apparently looks for sd0, which
> doesn't exist. I tried to direct it to fd0, it says it can't find /kernel.
> Since I can't examine the contents of the floppy, I'm lost.

> I tried: fd(0,a)/kernel
> and: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
> as suggested on-screen, and a couple other things. No luck.

It sounds like the disk image is corrupted.  fd(0,a)kernel should work.

What error message(s) are you getting?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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