Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:41:10 -0700 From: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@gromit.pinpt.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installation!! Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960828064110.008a73c8@wallace.pinpt.com>
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We have some really hacked versions of Win95 running on my network, I have found that rawrite works about %50 of the time so I usually just keep the computer running incase the disk does not work (Easer then shutting down all of the applications and going to dos mode.) At 02:03 AM 8/28/96 -0400, you wrote: >In Email, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Mohammad K Islam wrote: >> >> Urk. The boot floppy worked? Usually Win95 will interfere with rawrite >> and screw up the whole thing. > >In the past six or so months I believe I've seen the word on Win95 and >rawrite go from `I think Win95 interferes with rawrite. I think you have >to boot to DOS-mode', to `I know Win95 interferes with rawrite. You >should boot to DOS-mode', to `You should find an old copy of DOS and not >use Win95', to `You must find an old copy of DOS to use, Win95 will not >work, not even in DOS-mode'. > >Somewhere there, it directly contradicts my own experience. I know >rawrite will work from DOS-mode. > >Anyways, just now, I figured it would be worth testing it without even >running DOS-mode... I grabbed rawrite from 2.1.5, and the 2.1.5 floppy >image. Surprise surprise. It worked wonderfully. > >FWIW, I have what I consider to be a pretty unadulterated (no pun >intended...really! ;) Win95 setup. > > >Urk, eh? > > > >-- >-- >tIM...HOEk >The opinions expressed above are mine, >and if my employer shares them, >that's his hard luck. > > --- Sean J. Schluntz eMail schluntz@pinpt.com Manager Support Services Phone (408) 997-6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation Fax (408) 323-2300 http://www.pinpt.com/
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