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#! rnews 1651 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: sstolle@primenet.com (Steve Stolle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Writing boot.flp to 1.2M disk Date: 19 May 1996 11:25:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 24 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <319f665a.2213374@news.primenet.com> References: <4nhupp$g1g@dawn.mmm.com> <4nlkkh$1l5@uriah.heep.sax.de> X-Posted-By: ip215.msp.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 On 18 May 1996 22:57:21 GMT, j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote: >shstolle1@mmm.com (Steve Stolle) wrote: >> 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? I haven't tried another machine. However, writing that same image to a 1.44 disk with my computer, using the same rawrite.exe, results in a working bootdisk (I checked it with my computer at work which only has the 1.44 drive). Someone else suggested that there may be a different file for a 1.2M image called boot_12.flp. I'm going to go back and look around for that one. Thanks for the response. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Stolle sstolle@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~sstolle/index.html