Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 17:04:11 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floopies problems Message-ID: <19990501050605.IELX6952170.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <372A8695.7E8BEFC4@3-cities.com>
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On 30 Apr 99, at 21:44, Kent Stewart wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: > > > > I can create boot floppies under DOS, no problem. > > C:\TEMP>fdimage kern.flp a: > > > > C:\TEMP>fdimage mfsroot.flp a: > > > > But when it comes to freebsd, I lose big time. > > > > # cd 3.1-19990429-STABLE > > # dd if=floppies/kern.flp of=/dev/floppy > > 2880+0 records in > > 2880+0 records out > > 1474560 bytes transferred in 7.475212 secs (197260 bytes/sec) > > You got me curious and I tried this on a new 3.1-Release. I then tried to > use the floppy to boot a different system and they didn't work. One thing > I noticed is the transfer rate. On your system it is about 3x of what I > thought the 3.5" floppy could do. What I had was 0.58 sec and 2.56MB/sec. > Fantasy land! Excellent! Well, ummm, you know what I mean. Given that both you and I failed, well, I'm hesitant to ask it, but is dd broken? You tried from 3.1-release. I tried from the latest 3.1-19990429-STABLE. -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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