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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!nec-gw!nec-tyo!wnoc-tyo-news!rena!specgw!amurai From: amurai@specgw.spec.co.jp (Atsushi MURAI) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Help installing from 3.5 inch a: drive Message-ID: <2485@specgw.spec.co.jp> Date: 9 Dec 92 04:02:40 GMT References: <dosburn.723844277@cwis> Organization: System Planning and Engineering Corp., Tokyo, Japan Lines: 32 X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Don Osburn (dosburn@cwis.unomaha.edu) wrote: : : This is a repost of a request for help that apparently got fluked by : the mail system. I did a binary download of the dist.fs and fixit.fs : binary image, and the rawrite.exe program to my c: drive. Then I used : rawrite to write the dist.fs image to a 3.5 inch floppy to attempt an : install. (My a: drive is 3.5 inch.) When I booted the system with the : disk, it just hangs with the a: drive spinning infinitely. ( I waited : about 10 minutes.) After some discussion, I have come to the conclusion : that the image will only work on 5.25 inch media, and that this must be : the boot drive. IS THIS CORRECT, and if so, does anyone know where I : can get an image for 3.5 inch media, or must I change the cabling to : install. My system is a Tandon 80386SX with 4MB memory, and 105MB hard : drive. It is pretty much a standard intel pc, (at least so far.) If : anyone can offer assistance on installing the system I would greatly : appreciate it. :-) Thanks in advance. : Don No. Even My PC setup 3.5inch for A drive and 5.25inch for B drive, I can boot up [fixit|dist].fs without problem. I suspect you might need to check BIOS setup, setup of dip switch of Drive for Drive number and cable. Good luck. Atsushi Murai -- $@B<0f!!=_(J (Atsushi Murai) Junet : amurai@spec.co.jp SPEC Voice : (03)3833-5341 System Planning and Engineering Corp.