Five Floppy FC3 dd format

[SlowJet]

Hell-O,

I am trying the 5 floppy FC3 boot on an older computer I finally got back together.
I have the img files downloaded and I did

dd if=myfile.img of=/dev/fd0 for each img file and it wrote to the floppy
1280+0 records in
1280+0 records out

I booted with the first and it gets an error on the floppy, press F1 to continue ...

then I get a series of .......error!. repeat when I press enter but different # of ......

So, is this img created right? (and I have a bad floppy or device or the md5sum is wrong.
I think most likely that the floppy disk is bad or I uded the wrong dd format?

thanks,

SJ

[shams]

your dd command is correct,may be the floppys are not proper or download image is corrupt,let me know why you want to boot with five floppys?

[SlowJet]

Thank you bunches, shams.
That was the only variable I didn't know.

The 5 floopy img download is referrenced in the FAQ. It is relatively new for FC3 2.9 kernal.
It's the only way I can get anything on this computer.
The plan is to make it a tape backup server with a Flashpoint scsci and tape. All be it a vvery vvery slow one.

SJ

[SlowJet]

Originally Posted by SlowJet

The 5 floopy img download is referrenced in the FAQ. It is relatively new for FC3 2.9 kernal.
SJ

Top of page, Fedors FAQ

Good thing it wasn't a snake.

SJ

[mib4]

Where did you get these five floppy images from? I was trying to find anything that will boot from a floopy for almost 4h yesterday and I didn't find anything anywhere.

[mib4]

Hm, maybe I'm just confused but do you mind to post the link because I cannot find anything in the FAQ?

[shams]

you can make one boot floppy, download the hd_grub.img from this link http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...es/hd_grub.img
make boof floppy with dd command and edit the menu.list of boot floppy proper for your system to boot. if you can't get to linux, downlaod the rawritten as well as from images,it is a tool for windows to write the image to floppy.

[SlowJet]

shams, The 2.6 kernals are huge. hence 5 floppys.

mib4,

You are why I'm here.

faq, schroll down one page.
Look for
11. ...floppy boot....
click on that
then look for Five Floppy


Let me know how it works. My out box has dust in the gears.
SJ

[mib4]

Originally Posted by SlowJet

mib4,

You are why I'm here.

faq, schroll down one page.
Look for
11. ...floppy boot....
click on that
then look for Five Floppy


Let me know how it works. My out box has dust in the gears.
SJ

OK the 11th question is:

Q:Will Fedora Core be sold in retail?

A:Fedora Core will not be sold through the retail channel as a shrinkwrapped box. There is no list price for Fedora Core.
The rapid development pace we expect for Fedora Core doesn't suit retail distribution — it is a lot of work to get a box product in and out of the channel, and retail isn't set up to efficiently handle software that is updated as often as every six months. Also, the creation of packaging and other materials that are necessary for retail significantly slows down the time to market, which means that users can't get the freshest bits when they are still truly fresh. Further information on Red Hat's retail product line is available at the Red Hat website.

In the whole FAQ page I cannot find word as "boot" or "floppy" with the search function of my firefox. Now what? Can you post the links for these images?

[gavinw6662]

Originally Posted by mib4

OK the 11th question is:

Q:Will Fedora Core be sold in retail?

A:Fedora Core will not be sold through the retail channel as a shrinkwrapped box. There is no list price for Fedora Core.
The rapid development pace we expect for Fedora Core doesn't suit retail distribution — it is a lot of work to get a box product in and out of the channel, and retail isn't set up to efficiently handle software that is updated as often as every six months. Also, the creation of packaging and other materials that are necessary for retail significantly slows down the time to market, which means that users can't get the freshest bits when they are still truly fresh. Further information on Red Hat's retail product line is available at the Red Hat website.

In the whole FAQ page I cannot find word as "boot" or "floppy" with the search function of my firefox. Now what? Can you post the links for these images?

But there are places that are selling Fedora on burned CD's for cheap. The other day I saw a package that had like 5 or 6 distros for 30 bucks, I thought about buying it just to play with the other distros. Good Luck

[shams]

hi,
this is a grub boot floppy and can boot you to linux,try it, or if you want to make grub boot floppy with your system,do this:
in a terminal or kosnole type grub, then in grub prompt type:
grub>root (hd0,x) (x is your /boot prtiton minus 1, for example /boot is /dev/hda5 write 4)
put a new formatted floppy and type:
grub>setup (fd0)

[SlowJet]

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#floppyinstall