From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 29 11:55:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de (moutvdom00.kundenserver.de [195.20.224.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95FB937B407 for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:55:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [195.20.224.204] (helo=mrvdom00.schlund.de) by moutvdom00.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15nPH7-0005mb-00; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:55:45 +0200 Received: from pd9017232.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.1.114.50]) by mrvdom00.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15nPH7-0004WD-00; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:55:45 +0200 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:55:13 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" X-X-Sender: To: Aaron Cc: Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010929185356.T240-100000@big> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You could try to download my (older) fdimage.exe from my anonymous-ftp server: pukruppa.dns2go.com Uli. On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Aaron wrote: > Well thats the thing...the first system to run *nix is the one I'm trying > to install right now. Luckily the CDROM boots just fine...but I'm still > curious about fdimage since I use it often. > > - click46 > > --------------------------------------------- > click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 > webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net > moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" > To: Aaron > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:26:21 +0000 (GMT) > Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work > > > 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 * > > ************************************ > > > > > ************************************ * 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