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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't Boot frrom Boot Floppy (HELP!) Date: 6 Jul 1996 01:02:09 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4rkvh1$rs@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4rdsdt$mm4@earth.alpha.net> <31DADDA6.6FE1@www.play-hookey.com> <rhiggins.836418584@earth> <31DBEF2E.3DA4@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : Now that the fun's over with, let's try the next logical questions: When : you pulled down the boot.flp code, did you specify a binary file : transfer? Did you use rawrite.exe to create the boot floppy? For that : matter, did you use a binary transfer to get rawrite.exe? : One of my co-workers made that mistake in getting most of the : distribution, and the result was an *amazing* sequence of errors! I believe he said that he had already installed 2 FreeBSDs from the same physical disk..... My laptop has a *crap* floppy drive. I recently spent about 1 hour trying to make a FreeBSD boot floppy on my laptop. I formatted the disk (no bad bits), wrote the image (no write errors) - doesn't boot. I DOS formatted the disk, FreeBSD wrote the image - no errors - no boot. I copied the image to a DOS partition, DOS formatted, DOS dd'd, no errors, no boot. In the end, it occured to me that there may be a hardware problem (my only recourse - I was beginning to look stupid), so I wrote the image to another computer, and everything worked. It's possible that the original posters floppy drive is just bad.... It's a pain the the ass, but have you tried booting the same machine with a different floppy drive ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....