Chris Croome wrote:
> 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
Sounds like finger-trouble and a pretty slim reason in the long run to reject the
product - VMWare is VERY different in terms of useability and system resource. (And
my dim recollection is that you can start the whole process off with ANY valid DOS
disk of era 6.2 on.)
>
>
> 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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