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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: lolof on September 06, 2004, 04:58:39 PM

Title: floppy boot disk
Post by: lolof on September 06, 2004, 04:58:39 PM

Hello,
I want to update the flashrom from my cyberstormPPC.
I found the latest update file.
I tryed to format a floppy disk but i cannot boot on the disk.
How can I format a disk so that it will bw bootable ?
Thank you

Title: Re: floppy boot disk
Post by: itix on September 06, 2004, 05:01:28 PM

Type in shell: Install DF0:

Title: Re: floppy boot disk
Post by: seer on September 06, 2004, 05:02:42 PM

Load workbench, open a shell or a cli, put in the disk you want to make bootable abd type

install df0:

Assuming the disk is in drive df0: offcourse  :-)

/edit
Damn you Itix ! :lol:

Title: Re: floppy boot disk
Post by: lolof on September 06, 2004, 05:05:00 PM

Thank you.

Title: Re: floppy boot disk
Post by: Failure on September 06, 2004, 05:06:50 PM

If you are flashing your CSPPC, you do not want to boot from a floppy.  You want to boot with no startup-sequence, and run the update script that way.

Read the instructions with the flash update carefully, you cannot easily fix your CSPPC if you make a mistake!