Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:29:37 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Michael Nolan <mmikkkk@hotmail.com> Cc: 01031149@3web.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nvp@akamai.com, jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: Re: Floppy installation Message-ID: <385AF191.706CC747@twave.net> References: <19991217113606.39201.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Michael Nolan wrote: > Thanks for the info folks, > I booted from the disk (boot.flp) and everything seemed to go fine, except > that it would flash an error (maybe an error, went too fast.About 3-4 words > long) and then went into a reboot loop, repeating the process. > I tried changing the default command manually, pure trial and error, and I > would eventually get "can't find x", where x is whatever I typed. So I tried > stripping down the machine as much as I could, removing the network and > sound cards and trying again... still rebooting. > I think I'm missing something. The only file I have is boot.flp. > Duke mentions mfsroot.flp and kern.flp (below) but I can't find these > anywhere on the ftp sites. > I appreciate any help you can provide. > ___________________________________________________________________ > : After following the instructions I checked the disk and it is blank ,or, > : seems to be blank. > > It's not blank. Don't forget what 'rawrite' does to the floppy. > It doesn't DOS format it; that's for sure. :-) > > You just have to pop the floppy into your drive, and reboot your machine. > DOS can't read the formatted disk but when you boot your machine with > the floppy, you should be able to boot into the FreeBSD installer. :-) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >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! > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Michael... > > +AHw-After following the instructions I checked the disk and it is blank > ,or, > +AHw-seems to be blank. > +AHw-Is there anything wrong with this procedure? > > What follows is the procedure that I've recently (and successfully) > used. Modify yours accordingly: > > +ACM-1 in DOS+AFw-Windows create the directory c:+AFw-freebsd > +ACM-2 insure (DL or move) that fdimage.exe, boot.flp, and mfsroot.flp > are all living in c:+AFw-freebsd > +ACM-3 format 2 diskettes -- do a full format then label them boot.flp > and mfsroot.flp respectively > +ACM-4 If not in Dos open a Dos Window and place the empty boot.flp in Dr > A > +ACM-5 cd to freebsd > +ACM-5 type: fdimage c:+AFw-freebsd+AFw-boot.flp a: > +ACM-7 Insert empty mfsroot.flp in Dr A when +ACM-5 is done > +ACM-8 type: fdimage c:+AFw-freebsd+AFw-mfsroot.flp a: > +ACM-9 Insert boot.flp in Dr A > +ACM-10 Exit windows and reboot or if in Dos Alt-Ctrl-Del > +ACM-11 Insert mfsroot.flp when you're asked to > +ACM-12 and Bob's your uncle+ACEAIQ- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Guys.... > > In my previous post I of course meant to write kern.flp and not > boot.flp. Too many hours hitting the FBSD books +ADsAXg-). Sorry about > that+ACE- > > later.....duke > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message You might want to try looking here: ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.3-RELEASE/floppies Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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