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Date:      Thu, 21 Aug 1997 23:11:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Subject:   Re: Final request for help with release. (DPT boot floppy)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970821231149.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970821173849.18322F-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>

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Hi Jaye Mathisen;  On 22-Aug-97 you wrote: 
>  
>  The problem is that I can't even boot the original box anymore because
>  the 
>  driver that's installed has a problem that's fixed in DPT-1.2.1, and for
>  some strange reason, the original boot floppy won't work.

How about mounting the floppy, cp the file to it and umount?

>  
>  So I can build a working 1.2.1 kernel, and I can get it on the disk, but
>  fixit won't work so I can copy the kernel off the floppy to the drive.
>  Or ftp it, or any other way that I can think of.
>  
>  On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>  
> > > I'm running out of ideas.
> > 
> > Get the DPT driver into -current?
> > 
> >                                     Jordan
> > 
>  



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