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From: "David Larkin" <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>
To: "Julian Elischer" <julian@whistle.com>,
        "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <Nick.Hibma@jrc.it>
Subject: Re: Fixit floppy 2.2.5 can't find file boot.conf
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:13:28 +0100
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> From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
> Cc: David Larkin <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG;
Nick.Hibma@jrc.it
> Subject: Re: Fixit floppy 2.2.5 can't find file boot.conf
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 10:44 PM
> 
> you need to boot the BOOT floppy and then swap to the fixit floppy AFTER
> selecting the "Fixit" entry in the menu.
> The fixit floppy has no kernel.
> 

YES !! That was the problem. FIXIT is now booting,
Now to address the original problem. Thanks for the help

> 
> On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, David Larkin wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm trying to boot the fixit floppy for 2.2.5 but I'm having a
problem
> > > 
> > > I created a floppy in DOS
> > > > tools\rawrite floppies\boot.flp
> > > 
> > > but when I boot the  floppy I get
> > > 
> > > Can't find file 
> > >         boot.conf
> > >         boot.help
> > > 
> > > FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000 ..........
> > > Boot default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel
> > > 
> > > boot:
> > > Can't find kernel
> > > 
> > > I've created 3 floppies, and tried them on 2 machines with same
result
> > > I've also created a boot floppy and that works fine
> > > 
> > > Any ideas what's going wrong ?



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