From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 29 13:23:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA15891 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 13:23:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from out1.ibm.net (out1.ibm.net [165.87.194.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA15881 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 13:23:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikegoe@pop03.ca.us.ibm.net) Received: from aldebaran.ird.rl.af.mil (slip166-72-108-110.ny.us.ibm.net [166.72.108.110]) by out1.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA128258; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:23:07 GMT Message-Id: <199710292123.VAA128258@out1.ibm.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Michael G." To: Doug White , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 16:20:23 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: 2.2.5 Unable to boot floppy Image !SOLVED! X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Michael G." X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal References: In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.54) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Goeringer, Michael wrote: > > > I've downloaded the image 3 times now... all are the same (correct) > > size. All perform the same... Hmmmmm very confusing... I'll go back and > > reboot with my 2.2.1 floppy just as an integrity check. > > What is the size? How are you generating the floppy? Doug, Up to this point I've been using fdimage.exe to create the boot floppy (which ofcourse *should* work)... I decided to use rawrite.exe from the 2.2.1 CD instead and now it boots as it should from the floppy. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to try the acutal install... thanks for the help. Michael G. ------------------------------------------------------------ Brought to you by the letters "O" and "S" and the number "2" Live FreeBSD... or Die! COBOL...the language of business! C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN ----------------------------------