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- 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
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- 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
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