From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 17 18:59:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C48E37B400 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pd5mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (h24-71-223-10.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA5FD43E58 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:59:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from h.godavari@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr2so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.109]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GZF00L319JNDD@l-daemon> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:59:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml1so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.145]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GZF00GMZ9JNBP@l-daemon> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:59:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shaw.ca (h24-66-68-10.wp.shawcable.net [24.66.68.10]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GZF00B5D9JM4I@l-daemon> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:59:47 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:00:45 -0500 From: harsha godavari Subject: Re: Release 4.5 and 4.6 - Boot.flp 2.8 mb? To: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <3D36214D.430C2983@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jud: I was done with booting the system with kern.flp & mfsboot.flp. After that I needed a DOS bootdisk in a hurry and not having any spare disks (at that location) I tried to make up a DOS disk from one of the *.flp disks. Thats when I discovered that the new disk I just used for the second time (it was a DOS bootdisk, the first time) has developed "bad sectors". I am really curious to know if DOS format command cannot really reformate the boot sector of BSD boot code. If so is there a program that can revert the disk to its pristine state :-) This is really an intellectual curiosity rather than trying to save a 10cent floppy. Regards Harsha Godavari Jud wrote: > > >Simon: > > I prepared both kern.flp & mfsroot.flp. When i tried to format > >one of those into a DOS bootdisk, it was formatted but without the > >system files. Scandisk showed sectors marked "bad". The disk was > >unbootable. Is there anyway that that disk can be cleaned up? > > > >Regards > >Harsha Godavari > > Whoa there, Harsha - kern.flp and mfsroot.flp will take care of booting > your machine into a FreeBSD installation all by themselves. No DOS > boot disk required. (Yes, operating systems other than Windows - > FreeBSD, Linux, etc. - can boot your computer.:) Just two freshly > formatted *empty* disks are required on which to image (with the > fdimage utility) kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. > > Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message