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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Writing boot.flp to 1.2M disk
Date: 18 May 1996 22:57:21 GMT
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shstolle1@mmm.com (Steve Stolle) wrote:

> I downloaded the boot.flp image and rawrite last night (from
> freebsd.org). The page I was reading said you could write the image
> to either size floppy. When I try to write to the 1.2M disk, I get
> an error at the end that says I have a bad sector at sector #1.

A problem with your DOS, or with rawrite.exe?  rawrite uses a very
simple int 0x13 interface.  Are you sure the drive is properly
announced in the CMOS?

Any chance to copy the diskette in another machine?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)