Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:09:04 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Ugen" <ugen@xonix.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: boot floppy: trying again Message-ID: <007f01c0c45e$085741c0$0400a8c0@oracle> References: <3AD74E27.A3D6FBA1@xonix.com>
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If its humanly possible to have problems comprehending official documentation its highly likely that I'll be the first to be tearing hair out in frustration .... however the issue of making the two boot floppies is one thats never given me the slightest trouble. I have noticed that a few people have tried to use a DOS / Windows "copy" command with predictable results (generally "it won't fit"), but invariably when the proper fdimage tool is used everything works fine. (and yes folks I have heard of whatever it was before fdimage, but it doesn't work in W2K) Something totally different that has caused me no end of trouble is use of typically "brand name" machines (especially laptops). I've seen no end of really weird "features" with some Compaq / Fujitsu / Digital / HP / Packard Bell / NEC / etc boxes, whereas others claim they have machines of this ilk working prefectly. Wherever possible I use only "backyard built" machines with relatively "standard" components (Intel CPUs / Adaptec SCSI adaptor / ATI or S3 videocard / SMC NIC / etc because I've found they give me infinitely less trouble than others. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ugen" <ugen@xonix.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 5:06 AM Subject: boot floppy: trying again > Ok, so nobody knows much :))) > Let's make it a simpler question - is there anything out of ordinary that has > to be configured for an installation floppt kernel (to boot from floppy, read mfs_root > and go into sysinstall)? > --Ugen > > > 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
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