Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:14:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Michael Nolan <mmikkkk@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912161713010.1526-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <19991216170340.17721.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Michael Nolan wrote: >After following the instructions I checked the disk and it is blank ,or, >seems to be blank. >Is there anything wrong with this procedure? If you used fdimage correctly, that should work fine. Since it's not a DOS disk, and Windows is pretty stupid when it comes to other file systems, it thinks it's a blank disk and wants to format it. Just enable floppy boot option in your BIOS (i imagine a 486 already has it turned on anyway ;-) and boot 'er up! -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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