7/17/2002 10:00:45 PM, harsha godavari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jud wrote: >> > >> >Simon: >> > I prepared both kern.flp & mfsroot.flp. When i tried to format >> >one of those into a DOS bootdisk, it was formatted but without the >> >system files. Scandisk showed sectors marked "bad". The disk was >> >unbootable. Is there anyway that that disk can be cleaned up? >> > >> >Regards >> >Harsha Godavari >> >> Whoa there, Harsha - kern.flp and mfsroot.flp will take care of booting >> your machine into a FreeBSD installation all by themselves. No DOS >> boot disk required. (Yes, operating systems other than Windows - >> FreeBSD, Linux, etc. - can boot your computer.:) Just two freshly >> formatted *empty* disks are required on which to image (with the >> fdimage utility) kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. >> >> Jud
>Jud: > I was done with booting the system with kern.flp & mfsboot.flp. >After that I needed a DOS bootdisk in a hurry and not having any spare >disks (at that location) I tried to make up a DOS disk from one of the >*.flp disks. Thats when I discovered that the new disk I just used for >the second time (it was a DOS bootdisk, the first time) has developed >"bad sectors". > >I am really curious to know if DOS format command cannot really >reformate the boot sector of BSD boot code. If so is there a program >that can revert the disk to its pristine state :-) > >This is really an intellectual curiosity rather than trying to save a >10cent floppy. > >Regards >Harsha Godavari Hi, Harsha. Please try to post below, rather than above, the msg to which you're replying. Sorry, if you mentioned that you'd unsuccessfully tried to format the floppies I missed it. I don't have any particular expertise in this area. If you've unsuccessfully tried formatting them in DOS and/or Win, then perhaps the FreeBSD dd command might work to write all zeroes to them, but I don't know the proper syntax. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
