Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:54:35 -0400 From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: <treznor@sunflower.com>, James Splaine <jsplaine@mediaone.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Boot Floppies Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0104042054270.1913310-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu> In-Reply-To: <00c801c0bd67$427021e0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au>
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fdimage kicks ass On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Doug Young wrote: > I think the "rawrite" dates back to earlier versions of Windows > whereas "fdimage" > is necessary for NT4 / W2K. I prefer to use "fdimage" because I > support a > number of clients with mixed FreeBSD / W2K / W9x systems & bit saves > me > needing to keep two different tools around when one will do the job.. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > 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> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: Boot Floppies > > > > 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. 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