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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1611 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:50:31 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sun-barr!olivea!charnel!rat!koko.csustan.edu!nic.csu.net!nic.csu.net!nntp From: jtmack@rincon.sfsu.edu (James T. Mack) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: trying to boot off Tiny BSD (dist.fs) Message-ID: <1993Feb18.170205.4213@nic.csu.net> Date: 19 Feb 93 01:02:02 GMT Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: rincon.sfsu.edu I have a CD-ROM that I borrowed from a friend with the 386BSD on it and have been trying to get it to boot from a floppy for some time now. I have read almost all the FAQ's and doc I could get my hands on but am still having no luck. So far I have used the "rawrite" to create a binary image on a 3.5" floppy of the "dist.fs" file. When I reboot my machine my drive just runs and reads nothing, giving no sign of life. I know no one who has used or tried to use BSD so I am alone on getting this boot disk to work. I have a Packard Bell 386sx (the creeeper) with an adaptec 1452 controller along with a 640meg Maxtor scsi drive. Am I doing something wrong or is my machine just not going to take it? Any help would be appreciated...email or here. Thanx Jim jtmack@futon.sfsu.edu