From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 21:56:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA10220 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:56:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.148]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA10209 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00344; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:56:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Jonathan Tiu cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freeBSD boot disk not being recognized In-Reply-To: <199608061710.KAA14214@vcn.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Jonathan Tiu wrote: > recently i downloaded the boot.flp image file so i could make > an installation disk. i've got win95 so i booted into safe mode > before using rawrite on boot.flp to write to a dos formatted disk. > now when i reboot with the disk in the floppy drive, my computer > starts to read the drive, then the light disappears, and my computer > stops...nothing comes on the screen. Safe mode isn't enough. I'm told that even MS-DOS mode isn't enough. Try pulling out your old DOS boot floppy and use that to run rawrite. > i'm intending to boot from a dos partition. i used FIPS to create > a second partition, then destroyed it with FDISK so i have 90M > on m;y hard drive doing nothing. OK, you're on track. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major