Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:56:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jonathan Tiu <tiuj@vcn.bc.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freeBSD boot disk not being recognized Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960806215556.224K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608061710.KAA14214@vcn.bc.ca>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Jonathan Tiu wrote: > recently i downloaded the boot.flp image file so i could make > an installation disk. i've got win95 so i booted into safe mode > before using rawrite on boot.flp to write to a dos formatted disk. > now when i reboot with the disk in the floppy drive, my computer > starts to read the drive, then the light disappears, and my computer > stops...nothing comes on the screen. Safe mode isn't enough. I'm told that even MS-DOS mode isn't enough. Try pulling out your old DOS boot floppy and use that to run rawrite. > i'm intending to boot from a dos partition. i used FIPS to create > a second partition, then destroyed it with FDISK so i have 90M > on m;y hard drive doing nothing. OK, you're on track. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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