Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:53:34 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net>, "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010929145334.03f12c60@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20010929184010.34BB737B40C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20010929182355.B240-100000@big>
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I think it needs to run under a REAL DOS system like that used under Win98... Win2K is NOT the same real DOS nor is NT.... At 11:37 AM 9.29.2001 -0700, 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" <root@pukruppa.de> >To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> >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 * >> ************************************ >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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