Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 10:30:43 -0600 (MDT) From: dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com To: Ferdinand Goldmann <ferdl@atommuell.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> Subject: Re: PicoBSD & 1720K floppies Message-ID: <XFMail.20010404103043.dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104041251330.3543-100000@atommuell.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at>
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hi, Have you tried 'syslinux' it is a boot loader that might work for this sort of situation ..? let me know as i have been wanting to try this for a 'long' time TIA On 04-Apr-2001 Ferdinand Goldmann wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, E.B. Dreger wrote: > >> *puzzled look* >> >> http://www.toms.net/rb/tomsrtbt.FAQ >> >> I've not tried PicoBSD, but I've been able to boot the above 1722kB from >> every 1.44 machine that I've tried. >> >> I hope that I'm not missing something, here... not following the subject >> too closely, but I'm a bit puzzled on the "BIOS issue" bit. > > I know the tomsrtbt can boot from 1722KB, but appearently, this does > not apply for the FreeBSD boot loader as it looks like. I tried to setup > the floppy several times using FreeBSD's fdformat and Linux' format > utility, but I still get 'Not ufs'. *sigh*. Also tried to booted on > different machines, write the floppy on different machines and so on. > I guess I will downgrade the thing to 1440 for now and fiddle around with > the 1722 problem afterwards. > > Regards, > Ferdinand > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------- E-Mail: dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com Date: 04-Apr-2001 Time: 10:29:36 Open Source Opens Minds. - DREAMWVR.COM ---------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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