Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:26:21 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work Message-ID: <20010929182355.B240-100000@big> In-Reply-To: <20010929181426.54DF437B40D@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Aaron wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I've been trying to create the two boot disks for FreeBSD [kern and > mfsroot] today and for the life of me, cannot. I've done this > successfully many times before; but now all of a sudden, fdimage refuses > to work an ANY of the 5 systems I have here. It will not run in any Win9x > system; it throws illegal operation errors. Under Windows NT, depending > on the FTP server I got it from, it just hangs or does nothing and quits. > Under 2000 it doesnt do anything, just returns to the DOS prompt. I have If one of your 5 systems were some sort of UN*X you could do # dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 ?!? Uli. > tried and downloaded fdimage from ftp through ftp6 [ftp4 doesnt allow > guest access?] with no success. What is odd is different fdimage files > from different ftp sites act differently. > I'm quite flustrated and quite confused. Is there an obvious mistake I > am making? Because I just dont see it... > > Thank you, > > - click46 > > --------------------------------------------- > click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 > webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net > moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ************************************ * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * * Germany * * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * ************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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