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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!hammer.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!199.171.20.9!news.nkn.net!news.panther.net!nemesis!hammy!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news3.crl.com!nntp3.crl.com!data.ramon a.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: boot floppy problem Date: 29 May 1997 09:28:41 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 14 Message-ID: <C7F61D61C9A75444.F0CA82C5D19E59D2.24B5057C0755454A@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <5mji89$sgd@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <ev67w58wcn.fsf@due.ii.uib.no> <5mh0ro$cf1$1@vishnu.jussieu.fr> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6057 bouyer@antifer.ibp.fr (Manuel BOUYER) wrote: > It should be possible to hack the boot blocks, but the best way would be > to install a 1.44 drive if possible. ...or to claim the drive as being 1.44 in the BIOS. I don't have a clue how NetBSD's bootblocks work, but i guess this would help as well. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j