Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 17:17:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>, "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>, James Splaine <jsplaine@mediaone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Floppies Message-ID: <20010405001751.17823.qmail@web12508.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <009301c0bd60$a4e428a0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au>
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I recall ussing rawrite.exe rather than fdimage.exe --- Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> wrote: > I put fdimage in the root directory (C:\), go to > C:\, > then run "fdimage kern.flp a:" to make first floppy > & "fdimage mfsroot.flp a:" to make the second > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> > To: "James Splaine" <jsplaine@mediaone.net> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:30 AM > Subject: RE: Boot Floppies > > > > you must have fdimage, kern, and mfsroot in the > same > directory...then just > > get to a dos prompt CD to that directory and then > run fdimage like i > > stated in the previous email. > > > > let me know how it goes > > > > Jason > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > > > ok great. I found the fdimage.exe file. Where > do i put it if I > want dos to > > > be able to use it? command.com? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G. Jason Middleton > [mailto:gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:06 PM > > > To: James Splaine > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: RE: Boot Floppies > > > > > > > > > no you have the right images it looks like...you > will not be able > to copy > > > then by just using the copy command in DOS. It > seems as though > you do not > > > have the fdimage.exe. this file can be found on > the at > ftp.freebsd.org. > > > > > > the fdimage.exe file should be in the same > location as the images > files. > > > > > > or just do a search at www.freebsd.org for > "fdimage.exe" and you > are bound > > > to find it > > > > > > > > > let me know if everytihng works out > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > > > > > Dos doesnt recongnize fdimage as a command, I > did just use copy > and get an > > > > insufficient drive space error. I've tried on > tons of different > floppies. > > > > I'm trying to make the floppies from my win98 > machine. Each of > the files > > > > are 16896 bytes to big for any floppies that I > have. Here are > the files I > > > > have. I must have the wrong files or > something. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: G. Jason Middleton > [mailto:gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:31 PM > > > > To: James Splaine > > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Subject: Re: Boot Floppies > > > > > > > > > > > > they should both fit on regular > floppies....are you using > fdimage to make > > > > the floppies? > > > > > > > > it should go something like this > > > > at a dos prompt > > > > and of course you should be in the same > directory that the > images are > > > > located and have a copy of fdimage in that > directory as well > > > > > > > > > > > > fdimage kern.flp a: > > > > > > > > let me know if this helps > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm having a major problem with my > installation of FreeBSD > 4.2. I > > > cannot > > > > > make the boot floppies on any machine > because kern.flp and > mfsroot.flp > > > are > > > > > both 1,474,560 bytes and wont fit on any > standard 1,457,664 > byte floppy > > > > > disks. I must be doing something wrong but > cant figure out > what it is. > > > > > Thanks for taking the time to help me out. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______ > > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement: > > > > > > > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______ > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement: > > > > > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement: > > > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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