From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 6 05:02:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA11800 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 05:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from core.IConNet.NET (iconmail.bellatlantic.net [199.173.162.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA11795 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 05:02:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmm125@bellatlantic.net) Received: from myname.my.domain (client201-122-20.bellatlantic.net [151.201.122.20]) by core.IConNet.NET (IConNet Sendmail) with SMTP id IAA01632; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 08:00:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 08:01:30 +0000 (GMT) From: Donn Miller X-Sender: dmm125@myname.my.domain To: "Van Den Bergh, Andreas" cc: "'jtkipp@students.wisc.edu'" , "'Matthew D. Fuller'" , "'FreeBSD'" Subject: RE: installing boot.flp In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Van Den Bergh, Andreas wrote: > Hiya, > > Thanx for the reply. Tried every one of those (new floppy, fdimage > options,...) > I have no problems with other binary files (.exe, .zip, ...). > > Still the file size of boot.flp is to big. Check that it you're using HD 1.44M disks, and that your floppy drive is configured for 1.44M in your BIOS configuration. Also try format a: before using fdimage, or you can have fdimage format the disk for you. Check fdimage /? and use the format and verbose options. This will give you an idea of what's going wrong. Try scandisk a: after you format to check to see if anything is wrong. Also, maybe your floppy drive is worn out, or needs cleaned, or isn't 1.44M and / or HD. If all else fails, just re-download boot.flp, and make sure 'binary' option is enabled. Donn