Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:37:38 -0700 From: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> To: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work Message-ID: <20010929184010.34BB737B40C@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010929182355.B240-100000@big>
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Well thats the thing...the first system to run *nix is the one I'm trying to install right now. Luckily the CDROM boots just fine...but I'm still curious about fdimage since I use it often. - click46 --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com -----Original Message----- From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:26:21 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: fdimage refuses to work > On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Aaron wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I've been trying to create the two boot disks for FreeBSD [kern and > > mfsroot] today and for the life of me, cannot. I've done this > > successfully many times before; but now all of a sudden, fdimage > refuses > > to work an ANY of the 5 systems I have here. It will not run in any > Win9x > > system; it throws illegal operation errors. Under Windows NT, > depending > > on the FTP server I got it from, it just hangs or does nothing and > quits. > > Under 2000 it doesnt do anything, just returns to the DOS prompt. I > have > If one of your 5 systems were some sort of UN*X you could do > # dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 > ?!? > > Uli. > > > tried and downloaded fdimage from ftp through ftp6 [ftp4 doesnt allow > > guest access?] with no success. What is odd is different fdimage > files > > from different ftp sites act differently. > > I'm quite flustrated and quite confused. Is there an obvious > mistake I > > am making? Because I just dont see it... > > > > Thank you, > > > > - click46 > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 > > webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net > > moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > ************************************ > * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * > * Germany * > * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * > ************************************ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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