Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:13:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: raistlen <raistlen@westworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970819001201.2698E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <33CDEE6B.7F641AFA@westworld.com>
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On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, raistlen wrote: > I downloaded and made a boot disk from the disk map on your site, and > i'm pretty sure that all of my hardware devices are compatible. I have > a 1.2G HD that i want to be a FreeBDS ONLY system. Right now I am > running windows95, and i wanted to make sure that freebsd would at least > boot up to the install before I formatted the HD, since I was to start > fresh, but when I boot up of the disk, I get a "error: d:0x0 c:25 h:1 > s:10" error. Is this because my HD is full and only in 1 partition > right now? Will it work when I format? I have a fujitsu drive, and I > use the ontrack drive manager, should i install that before I install > FreeBSD?? Thanks a lot! Looks like the floppy didn't get written right. 1. Redownload the boot.flp image, making sure you use BINARY mode. 2. Grab ``fdimage.exe'' from tools. rawrite won't work correctly under Win95. 3. Use a new, verified floppy and write the image. 4. Try booting it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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