Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:29:36 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Doug <doug@inJapan.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp too large (revisited) Message-ID: <36B52DB0.111AB519@glue.umd.edu> References: <fc.000f4b93000d6923000f4b93000d6923.d6924@inJapan.net>
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Doug wrote: > > I want to thank people who responded to my question about "boot.flp" > being too large to fit on a floppy when using fdimage to create an > install floppy. > > However, boot.flp is still too large. > > I really do think I am downloading the file as binary. I am using > Netscape Communicator 4.06, right-clicking on the boot.flp file and > saving it as a file. However, it gets saved just a bit larger than the > floppy size so fdimage won't work. > > I have used the same method to download other binary files, such as > QuickTime from the Apple Site (also an ftp:// link) and after downloading > the executable runs just fine and QuickTime installs on the NT machine I > am using. > > I even tried changing the name of boot.flp to boot.exe (and then renaming > it back to boot.flp after downloading) just in case the extension was > somehow causing Netscape's FTP protocol to not download the file as > binary. > > My question is - are you *really sure* that the current boot.flp is not > too large? > > The file size appears to be 1,479,365 bytes. What should it be if I > downloaded it correctly? > > Thanks, > > Doug Lerner, Tokyo > doug@inJapan.net I had the same problem about an hour ago. I had to format the disk first, then specify the size of the disk on the command line i.e. "fdimage -f 1.44M boot.flp a:". Now it works fine. Of course I missed the first part of this converation so hopefully I'm not repeating anybody else's suggestion. Hope it helps. Brandon -- bfoz@starfleet.umd.edu "In life there are those who steer, and those who push" "I'm not impatient, the world is too slow" "Life is short, so have fun, play hard, and leave a good looking corpse" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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