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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!olivea!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!not-for-mail From: aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: boot.flp sucks!!! FreeBSD guys. Date: 17 Jun 1996 01:37:27 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4q35g7$r0f@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> References: <4q08o1$jfn@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <4q1c1a$19c_002@mypc.neosoft.com> <4q1ufg$kku@client2.news.psi.net> <4q2c2e$s2t@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <31C4E52D.1625@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan009.kaiwan.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : If you don't even get the boot: prompt, I would suspect that you tried to : use the DOS COPY command to copy the boot.flp file to your floppy disk. : Check the README.TXT file in the FREEBSD\FLOPPIES directory -- you need to : use the rawrite.exe utility (in the FREEBSD\TOOLS directory). As explained : in the README file, the *.flp files are all image backups, not DOS files. : The installation docs have further details as well. : Ken I did use rawrite, two times. I also checked md5, it was OK.