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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:12:55 -0800 (PST)
From: max <maxrtos AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: [ECOS] copy redboot to floppy on cygwin
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--- Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 07:55:37PM -0800, max wrote:
> >
> >--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 07:20:07PM -0800, max
> wrote:
> >> >OK that's an inappropriate example.
> >> >Back to my original question. My cygwin is of
> >> version
> >> >1.3.10. The command dd failed because it does
> know
> >> >/dev/fd0.
> >> >
> >> >$ dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin
> >> of=/dev/fd0
> >> >dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such file or
> directory
> >> >(instruction from Redboot User Guide)
> >> 
> >> What does the 'mount' command display?  Do you
> still
> >> have /dev/fd0
> >> "mounted"?
> >I tried in both cases:
> >
> >$ mount
> >C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> >C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> >C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> >\\.\a on /dev/fd0 type user (binmode)
> >a: on /a type user (textmode)
> >c: on /ecos-c type user (textmode)
> >c: on /c type user (textmode)
> >
> >home AT DEFAULT /tmp/build/redboot
> >$ umount /dev/fd0
> >
> >home AT DEFAULT /tmp/build/redboot
> >$ mount
> >C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> >C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> >C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> >a: on /a type user (textmode)
> >c: on /ecos-c type user (textmode)
> >c: on /c type user (textmode)
> >
> >home AT DEFAULT /tmp/build/redboot
> >$ dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin
> of=/dev/fd0
> >dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such file or directory
> 
> 1) try restarting bash and trying again.
> 
> 2) Try 'type dd' to ensure that you're running the
> right version
>    of dd.

$ type dd
dd is hashed (/usr/bin/dd)

> 
> 3) You are doing this on NT, right?  I don't know if
> raw I/O support
>    works on 95/98/Me.

I am on 98. If not how can make redboot boot floppy?
Anyone donr it?
> 
> cgf


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