Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:27:18 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr> Cc: Doug <doug@inJapan.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp too large (revisited) Message-ID: <19990201182718.W8473@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990201074658.930C-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr>; from Evren Yurtesen on Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 07:49:13AM %2B0200 References: <fc.000f4b93000d6923000f4b93000d6923.d6924@inJapan.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990201074658.930C-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr>
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On Monday, 1 February 1999 at 7:49:13 +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, 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? Yes. >> The file size appears to be 1,479,365 bytes. What should it be if I >> downloaded it correctly? > > hello, as I know, boot.flp file should be 1474560 bytes > I am sending a boot.flp file of 3.0-RELEASE with email. > I hope it would work for you People, web browsers and mailers aren't designed for copying binary images. ftp is. Why don't you use it? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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