using old .bin floppy images instead of .img files...

[rudepeople]

So I'm trying to install debina buzz... REALLY old os I know, but that's the point here! the problem is, buzz installs from a ramdisk that's loaded from a floppy image. the image is a binary copy of a floppy disk. The boot floppy loads fine (though I did have to rename it to .img for VB to load it), but the root image will not load in virtualbox I get the following error:

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Failed to open the disk image file C:\nyxcrap\ISO\Linux\Debian\1.1 - Sarge\root.bin.img.

Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\nyxcrap\ISO\Linux\Debian\1.1 - Sarge\root.bin.img' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {ad47ad09-787b-44ab-b343-a082a3f2dfb1}
Callee: IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

I'm not really sure where to take this...

[scottgus1]

debina buzz

Is that Debian Buzz?

VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED means the contents of the file, despite the name change, is not in a format that Virtualbox knows what to do with.

You'll have to google how to officially change a .bin to a .img, then Virtualbox might know how to proceed. Unless the transfer from the floppy to the disk image was not clean from the beginning, then there's nothing that can be done.

[rudepeople]

debina buzz

Is that Debian Buzz?

yep! fat fingers.

Unless the transfer from the floppy to the disk image was not clean from the beginning, then there's nothing that can be done.

It's freshly downloaded from the debian archive. I'm pretty sure it's good, but then... how often does anyone actually USE buzz these days??

VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED means the contents of the file, despite the name change, is not in a format that Virtualbox knows what to do with.

You'll have to google how to officially change a .bin to a .img, then Virtualbox might know how to proceed.

I kinda figgured this would be the case. I know the files were created using dd of the original install floppies created by the devs back in 199-something. I'm willing to bet this is going to require shenanigans to get working... but I REALLY want to get it working... don't ask why. when you look into the abyss... the abyss looks back!