Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian Beattie writes: : > Winner! Much better than my personal favorite of bigbooty.flp. :-) : > : > - Jordan : > : : Then that would make the CD LordWarfen.iso? I had the chance to register john.net way back when. I was going to name the machines warfen.john.net, bigbootee.john.net, smallberries.john.net, etc. I kinda wish I had because now it is too late :-( Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doug Barton writes: : But win95 didn't really fix it, it just covered it up. Filenames in : Win9x are still 8.3, but the "OS" provides a translation layer that maps : those 8.3 filenames to long ones. Also, are we sure that fdimage, : running under DOS can handle longer names? But DOS will truncate it. By that point the name has served its purpose and it doesn't matter if it is truncated :-). Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jack >writes: > : Today Warner Losh wrote: > : > : > boot.flp288 > : > : The M$ weenies would probably choke on that since they do > : filenames other than 8.3 with smoke and mirrors. > > 8.3 is so archaic these days we shouldn't be bothered with them. It > hasn't been a real restriction since the 3.1 days. Win95, released 5 > years ago, fixed this. But win95 didn't really fix it, it just covered it up. Filenames in Win9x are still 8.3, but the "OS" provides a translation layer that maps those 8.3 filenames to long ones. Also, are we sure that fdimage, running under DOS can handle longer names? Doug -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence, is that possible?" The master simply replied, "Mu." To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Winner! Much better than my personal favorite of bigbooty.flp. :-) Bigboote. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL| ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) AFAIK, the idea is having the name keeping people away from that file. -- Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Today Warner Losh wrote: > boot.flp288 The M$ weenies would probably choke on that since they do filenames other than 8.3 with smoke and mirrors. -- Jack O'NeillSystems Administrator / Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crystal Wind Communications, Inc. Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD enriched, vcard, HTML messages > /dev/null -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jack writes: : Today Warner Losh wrote: : : > boot.flp288 : : The M$ weenies would probably choke on that since they do : filenames other than 8.3 with smoke and mirrors. 8.3 is so archaic these days we shouldn't be bothered with them. It hasn't been a real restriction since the 3.1 days. Win95, released 5 years ago, fixed this. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > kern-144.flp > > root-144.flp > > boot-288.flp > > Winner! Much better than my personal favorite of bigbooty.flp. :-) > > - Jordan > Then that would make the CD LordWarfen.iso? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | products or other substandard software should www.aracnet.com/~beattie | contact the author about receiving a Free upgrade to | FreeBSD or Linux. "FreeBSD: The power to serve" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
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Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
> kern-144.flp > root-144.flp > boot-288.flp Winner! Much better than my personal favorite of bigbooty.flp. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Rasmus Skaarup wrote: > > Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) > > kern.flp-> start.flp > mfsroot.flp -> install.flp > > boot.flp-> bigstart.flp >bigdisk.flp ? Or Maybe: kern.144 mfsroot.144 boot.288 or kern-144.flp root-144.flp boot-288.flp Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | products or other substandard software should www.aracnet.com/~beattie | contact the author about receiving a Free upgrade to | FreeBSD or Linux. "FreeBSD: The power to serve" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Alex Zepeda was heard blurting out: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) > > reallybigbootthing.flp? > How about: isoboot.flp Since it's use is for making bootable cdroms ;-) -- --- Ron Rosson ... and a UNIX user said ... The InSaNe One rm -rf * [EMAIL PROTECTED]and all was /dev/null and *void() --- Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
-Original Message- From: Rasmus Skaarup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jordan K. Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:19 AM Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2 > >Jordan K. Hubbard said: >> Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) > >kern.flp-> start.flp>>> boot.flp >mfsroot.flp -> install.flp >>> initsys.flp > >boot.flp-> bigstart.flp >>> bootinit.flp > bigdisk.flp ? > >> > Great idea. Would you be able to make the changes locally and test a >> > `make release'? Then all we need to do is pass the patch pass JKH. And I thought this was the objectionable phrase To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Jordan K. Hubbard said: > Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) kern.flp-> start.flp mfsroot.flp -> install.flp boot.flp-> bigstart.flp bigdisk.flp ? I thought we could rename kern.flp and mfsroot.flp aswell, since they their names don't make much sense to anyone other than the one compiling the darn disks :-) Best regards Rasmus Skaarup > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:32:35PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > > I would be in favor of renaming the boot.flp to something obviously > > > different, like 288boot.flp, to untrain us 2.x heads that got used to the > > > > Great idea. Would you be able to make the changes locally and test a > > `make release'? Then all we need to do is pass the patch pass JKH. > > (harder to say "NO" to working code) > > > > -- > > -- David([EMAIL PROTECTED]) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) reallybigbootthing.flp? - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Good idea, terrible name. Can't you guys some up with something better? :) > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:32:35PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > I would be in favor of renaming the boot.flp to something obviously > > different, like 288boot.flp, to untrain us 2.x heads that got used to the > > Great idea. Would you be able to make the changes locally and test a > `make release'? Then all we need to do is pass the patch pass JKH. > (harder to say "NO" to working code) > > -- > -- David([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:32:35PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > I would be in favor of renaming the boot.flp to something obviously > different, like 288boot.flp, to untrain us 2.x heads that got used to the Great idea. Would you be able to make the changes locally and test a `make release'? Then all we need to do is pass the patch pass JKH. (harder to say "NO" to working code) -- -- David([EMAIL PROTECTED]) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Thierry.herbelot wrote: > I had the exact same error message trying to boot from a floppy where I > had tried to dd the full boot.flp (2,8 Megs is just too much for a > normal floppy), instead of kern.flp (and dd does not give error messages > ..) I would be in favor of renaming the boot.flp to something obviously different, like 288boot.flp, to untrain us 2.x heads that got used to the single-floppy installer of yore. :) I still reach for 'boot.flp' and have to kick myself to grab kern/mfsroot instead. Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 07:52:18AM +0100, Thierry.herbelot wrote: > Joe Abley wrote: > > > > Problem report booting 4.0-RELEASE follows. > > > I had the exact same error message trying to boot from a floppy where I > had tried to dd the full boot.flp (2,8 Megs is just too much for a > normal floppy), instead of kern.flp (and dd does not give error messages > ..) Oh, how hideously embarassing. Thank you, Thierry, and please excuse me as I shoot myself in the head. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Joe Abley wrote: > > Problem report booting 4.0-RELEASE follows. > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: yes > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > Console: internal video/keyboard > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > BIOS drive C: is disk1 > BIOS 639kB/56256kB available memory > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Wed Mar 15 01:23:43 GMT 2000) > | > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [kernel]... > /kernel text=0x1d56fe data=0x2f4ca0+0x1a718 zf_read: fill error Hello, I had the exact same error message trying to boot from a floppy where I had tried to dd the full boot.flp (2,8 Megs is just too much for a normal floppy), instead of kern.flp (and dd does not give error messages ..) TfH > > elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > can't load 'kernel' > no bootable kernel > \ > > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > ok > > What does this mean? If this is a -questions question, then please feel > free to flame me privately (just thought it sounded -currentish). If > there are any useful diags I can type, let me know. > > Hardware is 350MHz K6/2, generic-looking Asus motherboard with > integrated video and audio, no-name PCI 10baseT ethernet adapter, > floppy, single 20G IDE disk, 64M RAM. No other peripherals. > > Have tried different floppies. Recent OpenBSD snapshot floppy works > just fine, by way of crude hardware sanity check. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Thierry HerbelotASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN /"\ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS \ / http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot PAS DE HTML DANS X Hiroshima 45, Tchernobyl 86, Windows 95... LES COURRIELS / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2
Problem report booting 4.0-RELEASE follows. /boot.config: -P Keyboard: yes BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS 639kB/56256kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Wed Mar 15 01:23:43 GMT 2000) | Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel]... /kernel text=0x1d56fe data=0x2f4ca0+0x1a718 zf_read: fill error elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed can't load 'kernel' no bootable kernel \ Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. ok What does this mean? If this is a -questions question, then please feel free to flame me privately (just thought it sounded -currentish). If there are any useful diags I can type, let me know. Hardware is 350MHz K6/2, generic-looking Asus motherboard with integrated video and audio, no-name PCI 10baseT ethernet adapter, floppy, single 20G IDE disk, 64M RAM. No other peripherals. Have tried different floppies. Recent OpenBSD snapshot floppy works just fine, by way of crude hardware sanity check. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
