Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: floppy boot disk  (Read 1418 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline lolofTopic starter

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Join Date: Jul 2004
  • Posts: 41
    • Show only replies by lolof
floppy boot disk
« 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
 

Offline itix

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2002
  • Posts: 2380
    • Show only replies by itix
Re: floppy boot disk
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2004, 05:01:28 PM »
Type in shell: Install DF0:
My Amigas: A500, Mac Mini and PowerBook
 

Offline seer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2002
  • Posts: 1453
    • Show only replies by seer
Re: floppy boot disk
« Reply #2 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:
~
Everything you say will be misquoted and used against you.
~
 

Offline lolofTopic starter

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Join Date: Jul 2004
  • Posts: 41
    • Show only replies by lolof
Re: floppy boot disk
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2004, 05:05:00 PM »
Thank you.
 

Offline Failure

  • Lifetime Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jun 2004
  • Posts: 332
    • Show only replies by Failure
    • http://awhitlock.net/
Re: floppy boot disk
« Reply #4 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!
You can\'t spell evil without "vi"
AMIX Wiki | AmixBP