Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:31:44 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au> To: corpse138@juno.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970819172907.23153A-100000@python.shoal.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199708190548.FAB55636@out1.ibm.net>
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I've used fdimage before and it worked ok for me. Doing a dir of the floppy won't tell you anything as it's the wrong type of file system, you have to try and boot it. It will take quite a while to write it as well. Another thing, make sure your ftp client downloads boot.flp in binary mode. Andrew Perry On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Michael G. wrote: > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 01:48:37 +0000 > From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net> > To: corpse138@juno.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Installation Disk > > Okay... you have the boot.flp file... now get the rawrite.exe file... > format a 1.44 floppy... then type 'rawrite boot.flp a:' and the boot > disk will be created... Have Fun!... I was going to include the file > you need but then realized you have a juno.com address... > > Michael G. > > > > > I downloaded boot.flp for the 2.2.2 version, and the fdimage program and > > had them both in the same directory and typed: fdimage boot.flp a: > > And i know thats right but it didnt work it took a long time then it went > > back to the prompt so i went to a: and the disk was blank. Now the > > boot.flp is about 1.48M its bigger than any 1.44M disks i have but i dont > > know fdimage might compress the file but i dont know i never used it > > before. > > > > Thanx, > > > > Mike Thomason > > > > >
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