From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 22 18:20:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15407 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:20:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from basil.stthom.edu (basil.stthom.edu [199.3.235.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA15402 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:20:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@basil.stthom.edu) Received: from basil.stthom.edu (dial46.as2.phoenix.net [205.240.148.109]) by basil.stthom.edu (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id UAA29026; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:21:35 -0800 Message-ID: <34C7A9C0.C786DE5A@basil.stthom.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:19:12 +0000 From: Jim Joseph Reply-To: jcj@phoenix.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mofor L A (SoBE)" CC: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: installation boot disk References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk After you make the boot floppy for FreeBSD you have to boot on it. You will not be able to read it from winthing 95/NT. Mofor L A (SoBE) wrote: > > Hello. > > I have been trying to create an installation this without success. The > boot.flp file is 1,474,560 and the size of the floppy disk is 1,456,796. > > I have the fdimage.exe and the boot.flp files in my c:\freebsd > directory. After running > > fdimage boot.flp a: > > the floppy disk becomes unreadable and I have to reformat it with the > DOS format command. > > Can you kindly give me some suggestions on how to proceed in getting > freesbd installed please? My current system is using Windows 95/NT. > > Many thanks for your time and help. > > Linus -- ---------------------------------- Jim Joseph Email: jcj@phoenix.net Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. -- Mickey Mouse