Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:42:29 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation!! Message-ID: <322430A5.5BC9@ime.net> References: <199608280603.CAA06325@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca 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? > Yes, It does work but fails on alot of systems, So it's easier to say "Use Real Dos". I've installed 2.1.5 several times in the lase week with a boot.flp built from a W95 dos prompt without a hitch. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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