From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 18 22:14:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA00433 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:14:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line8.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.106]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00427 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:14:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00325; Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:13:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "anthony m. vervoort" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with installation In-Reply-To: <199607181840.LAA14856@netcom3.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, anthony m. vervoort wrote: > I tried following the instructions provided on the website for creating and > using a boot disk to begin the install, but it doesn't seem to be working. > > I downloaded the boot.flp and rawrite.exe files from the server, rebooted the > machine in dos mode (it was running win95 before), and ran rawrite to create > the boot disk to a dos formatted floppy. > > When I try to boot from the floppy, the machine gets to the point where it > reads the floppy to load the OS, and it accesses the drive for about 3 seconds, > then all activity stops and the machine sits there. 1. Error-free floppy? 2. download in binary mode? 3. Use a true DOS (v6.22) boot floppy. Win95/DOS 7.0 interferes with rawrite. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major