On 07/18/11 11:57, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote:
On Monday 18 July 2011 19:45:27 James Colannino wrote:
newfs /dev/da0
It was successful. I then tried to mount the new filesystem (mount
/dev/da0 /mnt), and got the same error: invalid argument. Does FBSD
have a problem mounting USB floppy disks? I
would be /dev/fd0. (Device names vary among
UNIX and Linux systems.)
Although this approach doesn't allow you to mount MS-DOS
formatted floppies, it's a good check to see if writing
and reading of the media works as intended.
For the mount_msdos command mentioned above, check if you
On Monday 18 July 2011 19:45:27 James Colannino wrote:
>
> newfs /dev/da0
>
> It was successful. I then tried to mount the new filesystem (mount
> /dev/da0 /mnt), and got the same error: invalid argument. Does FBSD
> have a problem mounting USB floppy disks? It's not a big deal, as my
> other
Hey everyone,
I have a FBSD 8.2 install. I've been trying to mount DOS formatted
floppy disks via a USB floppy drive, and have been getting the following
error every time:
cannot mount /dev/da0: invalid argument
I was curious to see what would happen if I created a UFS filesystem on
the fl
Adam Vande More writes:
Yes, you might be able to edit an existing image or use 'make release' to
build your own. Or with pxe you can just put it on NFS.
I was thinking of something perhaps even simpler. Mount a second CD image
with just install.cfg. Will try that and see how it works.
If
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> Adam Vande More writes:
>
> I'm not sure that floppies are still working in this fashion, but even if
>> they are it may be easier for you to do this via pxe or optical media.
>>
>
> You mean to create a
Adam Vande More writes:
I'm not sure that floppies are still working in this fashion, but even if
they are it may be easier for you to do this via pxe or optical media.
You mean to create a CD image and put the install.cfg instead of using a
floppy
On Sunday 20 June 2010 05:19:30 Francisco Reyes wrote:
> Any has had any success with getting floppies to work on VMware desktop 7
> on a FreeBSD guest?
>
> Did the following to prepare the floppy
>
> #Create empty floppy image
> dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=1440
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> Any has had any success with getting floppies to work on VMware desktop 7
> on a FreeBSD guest?
>
>
> Any pointers will be greately appreciated.
>
I'm not sure that floppies are still working in this fashion, but
Any has had any success with getting floppies to work on VMware desktop 7 on
a FreeBSD guest?
Did the following to prepare the floppy
#Create empty floppy image
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=1440 of=/data/tmp/boot.flp
#create md0 and point it to floppy
mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /data/tmp/boot.flp
>Bonjour,
>Sur http://www.freebsd.org/doc/fr/books/handbook/install-pre.html , un lien
>indiqué (
>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/) est
>mort.
>Cordialement,
>Pierre-Yves Le Borgne
Bonjour. Sorry, my French is terrible. But I
Translation:
Good day,
In the pre-installation section of the handbook (french version) the link to
the boot-floppy images is broken.
Regards,
Pierre-Yves Le Borgne
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:26:43 +0100
> From: Pierre-Yves Le Borgne
> Subject: [FR]Lien mort sur install-pre (flopp
Bonjour,
Sur http://www.freebsd.org/doc/fr/books/handbook/install-pre.html , un lien
indiqué (
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/) est
mort.
Cordialement,
Pierre-Yves Le Borgne
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In the vein of getting a way to install FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2 onto my SATA
IDE drive (otherwise still running 5.2.1. from IDE drives) I found in
the seek of other methods to bootstrap myself, that the boot floppy
hangs after asking for kern1 floppy. Could that be just bad media or
could it have ano
er "reply-to")
At 12:13 PM 7/9/2008, you wrote:
John William Blyth wrote:
Please help:
I am trying to install Free BSD ia-64 architecture but cannot find
floppies. Will the 386 floppies work? My cdrom will not boot from ia-64 live.
I doubt that you have an ia64. Are you absol
John William Blyth wrote:
Please help:
I am trying to install Free BSD ia-64 architecture but cannot find
floppies. Will the 386 floppies work? My cdrom will not boot from
ia-64 live.
I doubt that you have an ia64. Are you absolutely certain you don't
mean amd64?
Please help:
I am trying to install Free BSD ia-64 architecture but cannot find
floppies. Will the 386 floppies work? My cdrom will not boot from
ia-64 live.
I had a i386 installation but wanted to replace it.
Thanks,
John William Blyth
(newbie)
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"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I'm running FreeBSD 6.2. I want to create customized boot media,
> the kern floppy image for sure and possibly the mfsroot disk, i would
> like to know how they are made. I've found items, ut they seem to be
> 4.x specific. Does anyone have this for 6.x?
Th
Hello,
I'm running FreeBSD 6.2. I want to create customized boot media, the
kern floppy image for sure and possibly the mfsroot disk, i would like to
know how they are made. I've found items, ut they seem to be 4.x specific.
Does anyone have this for 6.x?
Thanks.
Dave.
the harddrive.
I have loaded FreeBSD on before successfully, but have taken it down to
reload it in what I understand is a better method. eg setting up CVS
before loading any ports. Now I am stuck.
Here are some of the reasons why.
First problem. I have booted from 3.5 in floppies ( yes I
successfully, but have taken it down to
reload it in what I understand is a better method. eg setting up CVS before
loading any ports. Now I am stuck.
Here are some of the reasons why.
First problem. I have booted from 3.5 in floppies ( yes I like to do things
the hard way) I also do not
Hello,
Björn König schrieb:
> You can modify the existing floppy images. boot.flp contains the first
> part of the kernel and kern*.flp the further parts.
>
> Build a custom kernel using
>
> makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE=""
>
> in your kernel configuration file.
>
> # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/
Oliver Koch schrieb:
Hello,
is it possible to customize the kernel in the images of the kernel
floppies (kern1.flp, kern2.flp, kern3.flp) for FreeBSD 6.2? I need a
custom kernel with a special kernel option for my bge network interface
(BGE_FAKE_AUTONEG) to get network access on my Intel Blade
Hello,
is it possible to customize the kernel in the images of the kernel
floppies (kern1.flp, kern2.flp, kern3.flp) for FreeBSD 6.2? I need a
custom kernel with a special kernel option for my bge network interface
(BGE_FAKE_AUTONEG) to get network access on my Intel Blade.
Thanks in advance
Mikhail,
> I suspect the problem does not lie in FreeBSD, but elsewhere. Have you
> tried using different floppy discs? Specially another brand? Maybe the
> cable connecting your floppy drive is playing on you or even the drive
> itself is faulty.
If this were the case, would I notice it with Lin
rs in 2847 FAT12 clusters (512 bytes/cluster)
> bps=512 spc=1 res=1 nft=2 rde=224 sec=2880 mid=0xf0 spf=9 spt=18 hds=2 hid=0
> newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
>
> On another forum, someone suggested to me that I should try FreeBSD 6.x.
> FreeBSD 5.x has, according to this g
.
> FreeBSD 5.x has, according to this guy, some problems with some floppies.
>
> So maybe I try FreeBSD 6.x, or I will use Linux on this machine.
>
> Thanks for the help, though. :-)
>
> Tuomas
It's been a while since I had 5.3 on my system...but see if you have
nft=2 rde=224 sec=2880 mid=0xf0 spf=9 spt=18 hds=2 hid=0
newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
On another forum, someone suggested to me that I should try FreeBSD 6.x.
FreeBSD 5.x has, according to this guy, some problems with some floppies.
So maybe I try FreeBSD 6.x, or I will use Linux on
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 02:37:55PM +0300, Tuomas wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> I run DesktopBSD 1.0 and I cannot mount floppies. I had the same problem
> with FreeBSD 5.5. Here it goes:
>
> localhost# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
> msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
>
Hi, all!
I run DesktopBSD 1.0 and I cannot mount floppies. I had the same problem
with FreeBSD 5.5. Here it goes:
localhost# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
localhost# fdformat /dev/fd0
Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y
Processing fdf
mages of the floppy, not files you should
place on a floppy. If you want to create FreeBSD install-floppies from DOS or
Windows you need the "fdimage.exe" utility. You can find it on a FreeBSD ftp
server in the "tools" directory.
For details on how to use "fdimage"
31, 2006 12:02 PM
> Subject: flp wont load to floppies
>
>
> > 1) either by copying to destop, then floppy,
> > or directly from FTP site,
> > the floppy disks does not have enough space for the
> > release 6.0 disks... boot, fixit, kern1.suggestions?
>
- Original Message -
From: "A B" Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:02 PM
Subject: flp wont load to floppies
> 1) either by copying to destop, then floppy,
> or directly from FTP site,
> the floppy disks does not have enough space for the
> release 6.0 disks
1) either by copying to destop, then floppy,
or directly from FTP site,
the floppy disks does not have enough space for the
release 6.0 disks... boot, fixit, kern1.suggestions?
2) I'm using a IBM Thinkpad 600e 400mHz without much sucess.
Will FreeBSD install on this machine?
On 10/28/05, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've got an older, as of june/july 5.4-release official disk. Whenever i
> try to boot a box with it the system enters a boot loop, creating floppies
> also gives me this behavior. This is on a pair of p3 733 mhz sy
Hello,
I've got an older, as of june/july 5.4-release official disk. Whenever i
try to boot a box with it the system enters a boot loop, creating floppies
also gives me this behavior. This is on a pair of p3 733 mhz systems.
I've tried new floppies and downloading the bootonl
Nick Wilson wrote:
Ramiro Aceves wrote:
Nick Wilson wrote:
Hi
I am trying to install 5.3 from floppies/network and I boot from the
the three discs (boot, kern1 and kern2). At the end of this I get
the FreeBSD 5 boot screen (about 8 options and the character drawing
of a daemon). Taking the
Nick Wilson wrote:
Hi
I am trying to install 5.3 from floppies/network and I boot from the the
three discs (boot, kern1 and kern2). At the end of this I get the
FreeBSD 5 boot screen (about 8 options and the character drawing of a
daemon). Taking the default option 1 just starts the boot from
Hi
I am trying to install 5.3 from floppies/network and I boot from the the
three discs (boot, kern1 and kern2). At the end of this I get the
FreeBSD 5 boot screen (about 8 options and the character drawing of a
daemon). Taking the default option 1 just starts the boot from floppies
process
I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE via FTP using boot floppies
from:
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.3-RELEASE/floppies/
on an IBM thinkpad using an "Orinoco Gold" wireless LAN card (which uses the
wi driver) in the PCMCIA slot of the thinkpad.
the
At 10:14 10/2/2004, nigel henry, wrote:
>Having multiple linux installs on my machines, I've had to use boot floppies
>to boot some of em. I'm not too good at configuring GRUB or LiLo to chainload
>to other bootloaders at the moment, so, is it possible when installing
>
Having multiple linux installs on my machines, I've had to use boot floppies
to boot some of em. I'm not too good at configuring GRUB or LiLo to chainload
to other bootloaders at the moment, so, is it possible when installing
FreeBSD to make a boot floppy. I hav'nt install
SWIT wrote:
I d/l the floppies and made them and get thru the whole install process but
can not resolve any ftp servers to finish.
I have tried several nics and I don't think thats the problem.
My setup is this.
to be freebsd computer hardwired to a switch. the switch is connected to the
lan
I d/l the floppies and made them and get thru the whole install process but
can not resolve any ftp servers to finish.
I have tried several nics and I don't think thats the problem.
My setup is this.
to be freebsd computer hardwired to a switch. the switch is connected to the
lan port of a
ED]>
To: "SWIT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies
> SWIT wrote:
> > Hello,
> > thanks for the help. However I see no were to put in the IP addres
Message -
From: "Bill Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "SWIT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies
SWIT wrote:
Hello,
I am tyring to install from th
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Cc: "freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies
> SWIT wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am tyring to install from the floppies.
> > I get to the point were I choose the ftp server to d/l f
SWIT wrote:
Hello,
I am tyring to install from the floppies.
I get to the point were I choose the ftp server to d/l from.
then it says can't resolve the ftp.freebsd.org or any of the servers.
I tried a static ip and a dhcp ip and neither would work but other computers
on my network will
Hello,
I am tyring to install from the floppies.
I get to the point were I choose the ftp server to d/l from.
then it says can't resolve the ftp.freebsd.org or any of the servers.
I tried a static ip and a dhcp ip and neither would work but other computers
on my network will find ftp.freebs
.
When I then start the installation via dos media, I get following messages:
error mounting /dev/ad0s1 on /dist.
Case 2.
Then I have formatted some 36 floppied, and copied all /freebsd/base filed
onto those floppies.
When I start the installation via floppy media, i get following message:
No
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:11:13 +0200
"Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I feel like a total newbie again, but I can't figure this out...
>
> I cannot get floppies to be mounted by normal users.
>
> this is what I did:
> $ su
> #
OK, I feel like a total newbie again, but I can't figure this out...
I cannot get floppies to be mounted by normal users.
this is what I did:
$ su
# systctl vfs.usermount=1
# chmod 777 /dev/fd0
# chmod 777 /dev/fd0a
# exit
$ mount /dev/fd0a /mnt/flop
mount: /dev/fd0a: Operation not perm
he info.
David
- Original Message -
From: "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Floppies
> "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is the error I get when trying to install FBSD using kern.flp and mfsroot.flp
> for 5.1-RELEASE.
Offhand, these look like problems with the floppies.
Try other disks, and make sure you don't download the images in "tex
FreeBSD/i386 boot
Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
No /kernel
FreeBSD/i386 boot
Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel
boot:
Copied images to HD from
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.1-RELEASE/floppies/
Made floppy disks using fdimage
So I finally got up the courage to try FreeBSD... I
got some CDs from osdisc.com, but my computer cant
boot of off CDs (its just too old).. anyone know where
i can find the boot floppies?
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- Original Message -
From: "James Litz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:06 AM
Subject: boot floppies
>
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, James Litz wrote:
> So I finally got up the courage to try FreeBSD... I
> got some CDs from osdisc.com, but my computer cant
> boot of off CDs (its just too old).. anyone know where
> i can find the boot floppies?
The boot floppies are on the 1st CD. Refe
Lo all,
I've been trying to install 5.1 on my 486/75 28M
no cdrom drive laptop. 4.8 installs just fine and I
nabbed the resource settings from my operational
3c589 pcmcia nic. When trying to install 5.1 it
fails to find the nic. I checked device.hints and
theres no entry for my driver (al
floppy disks are notoriously unreliable. Sounds to me as if
> > your mfsroot floppy has got some bad sectors. Could you try again,
> > making a new mfsroot floppy, preferably on a brand new never used
> > before floppy?
>
> Thanks; indeed that was the problem.
>
> I
oot floppy has got some bad sectors. Could you try again,
> making a new mfsroot floppy, preferably on a brand new never used
> before floppy?
Thanks; indeed that was the problem.
I found out that I can check first whether my floppies
are alright by
fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0
on my other Free
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 04:18:17PM +0900, Rob Lahaye wrote:
> Yes, this is the official 4.8 release of April 3rd.
>
> I have put kern.flp and mfsroot.flp on two floppies.
> The kern floppy boots, as usual, but the mfsroot floppy
> stops after showing the following three d
Hi,
Yes, this is the official 4.8 release of April 3rd.
I have put kern.flp and mfsroot.flp on two floppies.
The kern floppy boots, as usual, but the mfsroot floppy
stops after showing the following three dialogs in a row:
+--- Message +
|Loading module
ging
ata1-slave: ATAPI identify retries exceeded
ad0: 1549MB [3148/16/63] at ata0-master BIOSPIO
acd0: CDROM at ata1-master BIOSPIO
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
* dmesg end *
As I mentioned before, the boot floppies start to launch sysinstall, and
then everything locks up.
Is there
t bet is to put more memory in and see how that goes first.
> next, try to get -current boot floppies and see if the same error is there.
> 5.0 is stil not production material, so re-read the early adopters guide and
> be prepared to go to work if you really want 5.0 on this machine. You may
to get -current boot floppies and see if the same error is there.
5.0 is stil not production material, so re-read the early adopters guide and
be prepared to go to work if you really want 5.0 on this machine. You may be
better off upgrading to 4.7rel or 4.8 when it comes out.
> Current OS:
Here's the situation:
Machine: 150MHz Pentium, 16MB ram, 1.5Gig HD
Current OS: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE
Desired OS: FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE
I downloaded and copied "kern.flp" and "mfsroot.flp" onto two
freshly-formatted floppies (no errors).
Boot the machine. It loads both fl
On Monday 06 January 2003 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using boot floppies now, though if anyone has ideas on the cd booting
problems please let me know.
Thanks
> I bought FreeBSD powerpack ( 4.6 ) some months back and most recently
> downloaded 4.7 iso's then burned them with
from the OS. From its poitn of view you are just conencted
>>>>via ethernet.
>>>
>>>If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
>>>work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
>>>to make
.
If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
Ok, so in my situation the installation of FreeBSD is impossible.
What do you
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:03:25 +0200
> From: Asker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What do you think about changing GENERIC or just the kernel in installation
> floppies in the future releases of FreeBSD? I think it will be very useful
> because ADSL (therefore PP
poitn of view you are just conencted
> > via ethernet.
>
> If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
> work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
> to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
Ok, s
gt;>>via ethernet.
> >>
> >>If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
> >>work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
> >>to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
> &g
from the OS. From its poitn of view you are just conencted
via ethernet.
If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
Ha
hen you need no
>> speical support from the OS. From its poitn of view you are just conencted
>> via ethernet.
>
>If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
>work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
>to make
Subject: Re: FTP installation from the floppies through ADSL modem with
PPPoE or PPTP protocol.
> Andrew wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Asker wrote:
> >>The modem can be configured to use PPPoE or PPTP protocol for making the
> >>connection with my Internet Servise Provider
you are just conencted
via ethernet.
If you need the machine to do PPPoE, ppp supports PPPoE. For this to
work, though, you need netgraph, which isn't in GENERIC. You will need
to make a custom kernel and build your own set of custom floppies.
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# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-20 11:59:45 -0800:
> I downloaded your FTP boot floppies for versions 4.6, then 4.6.2, and
> 4.7, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, used FDImage to put them on MSDos
> floppies but they
Hello again:
Please disregard my prior e-mail, below, as I believe the problem was my ram memory is
too small on the computer. I tried your floppies on a 24 meg ram computer and they
work fine.
The computer I had been trying load on was a DEC with 8 megs of ram.
It worked on the earlier
Hello:
I downloaded your FTP boot floppies for versions 4.6, then 4.6.2, and 4.7, kern.flp
and mfsroot.flp, used FDImage to put them on MSDos floppies but they failed to get an
options screen after both disks were loaded. Kern.flp loaded then the mfsroot.flp
loaded but produced a boot
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