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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Writing boot.flp to 1.2M disk Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 20:01:06 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <31A3D4F2.4C65@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4nhupp$g1g@dawn.mmm.com> <4nlkkh$1l5@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) J Wunsch wrote: > > 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? > Just to stick in my 2 cents -- I wrote all of the floppy images to 1.2M diskettes, and they work fine. I have so far used the same boot floppy to start the 2.1R installation on 7 different machines in my network, with no problems. You may need to check your disk, or perhaps clean your drive. Good luck with it! Ken