Hi
I tried that:
> [root@snowball floppy]# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/boot.img
> dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
> 51+0 records in
> 51+0 records out
However today I ordered a new socket A board, a duron 600 and a 256Mb
DIMM, and I think it'll be fast enought to run VMWare and since I'm in
the UK and don't care about boxed sets it doesn't cost much more...
Chris
On Thu 07-Sep-2000 at 08:53:51AM -0700, John Nunneley wrote:
> Try
> dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/boot.img
> When it asks for the floppy, say no and point it to the image.
> If you can't dd the floppy, there's something wrong with it, the drive, or the
> permissions.
>
> Chris Croome wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm having a problem installing the evaluation version of Win4Lin on RH 6.1
> >
> > This is as far as I get:
> >
> > > A Windows boot floppy is needed to complete the load of
> > > of Windows from the Windows CD.
> > >
> > > The Windows boot floppy must match the version of Windows
> > > you are loading.
> > > You can use a real floppy or image file of such a floppy.
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you have an appropriate real Windows boot floppy now ? (y/n/q)y
> > >
> > > Insert the floppy in the drive and then press return
> > >
> > > Reading the floppy.
> > > dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
> > > 51+0 records in
> > > 51+0 records out
> > > Failed to acces the floppy
> > > Try again? (y/n/q)
> >
> > I'm using a new boot floppy and I don't have a problem reading it:
> >
> > > [chris@snowball chris]$ ls /mnt/floppy/
> > > aspi2dos.sys btcdrom.sys drvspace.bin findramd.exe oakcdrom.sys
> > > aspi4dos.sys btdosm.sys ebd.cab flashpt.sys ramdrive.sys
> > > aspi8dos.sys command.com ebd.sys himem.sys readme.txt
> > > aspi8u2.sys config.sys ega.cpi io.sys setramd.bat
> > > aspicd.sys country.sys extract.exe mode.com
> > > autoexec.bat display.sys fdisk.exe msdos.sys
> >
> > This is what I have in /etc/fstab:
> >
> > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos noauto,owner 0 0
> >
> > I have also tried creating a image file of the boot disk, like this:
> >
> > mkisofs -J -v /mnt/floppy > win98.img
> >
> > however that didn't work either :-(
> >
> > Anyone got any ideas?
> >
> > Or do I need to get myself a faster PC and a copy of VMWare (it's way
> > too slow on my K6 300 128Mb RAM)?
> >
> > Chris
> >
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