Re: resc1440.bin to Floppy

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

ds wrote:
> Christopher Allen wrote:
> > 
> > > I am trying to place the resc1440.bin file on a floppy, but
> > > the floppy will only format to 1.38MB.  There sin't a rawrite2
> > > for Sparc.  How can I get this img onto the floppy disk?
> > 
> > Format it in DOS mode, 1.44MB and then use rawrite from dos prompt.
> > bye.
> 
> I tried this and it still failed with a "Error 50 with image" when I
> booted.  I tried several "new" floppy disk and still got the same
> results.
> 
> The problem turned out to be with the images at ftp.debian.org.  I went
> to ftp.cdrom.com and got the images from them and it is working fine.
> 
> Thank you everyone for the help.
> 
> You may get more questions as I continue building the box.  It is a
> Sun IPX with 32MB RAM and 424MB HD I am using for a web server.

Could you try to enter the following argument at the SILO prompt:

  /fd;1/linux

Some old boot PROMs seem to have trouble with the "boot floppy" command.

Regards.

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