Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:14:25 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: "Wong Tze Chuan (Central)" <TWONG@DIGI.COM.MY> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file too big! Message-ID: <20000815171425.A97146@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> In-Reply-To: <938C4032A421D411BDDD00104B3165225644F5@CREXG1>; from TWONG@DIGI.COM.MY on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 12:36:24PM %2B0800 References: <938C4032A421D411BDDD00104B3165225644F5@CREXG1>
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 12:36:24PM +0800, Wong Tze Chuan (Central) wrote: > Hi, > When i tried to fdimage the kern.flp to a:, it gives me the error message > file too big! > I downloaded al the flp file from > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.4-RELEASE/floppies/ > > and how come the boot.flp size is even 2.88K? how to do fdimage of that? You've either picked up the wrong file or read it in ASCII mode. Use a BINARY transfer. It would also be worth your while to get 4.1-RELEASE instead of 3.4-RELEASE. > I am new to FreeBSD, and you documentation is not clear, and not straight to > point as well. Strange. The installation handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html reads pretty clear to me. The people at freebsd-doc@freebsd.org would be interested to know just which parts are not clear to you. > I dont have the CD with me, is that mean I gotta download ALL subdirectories > from > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.4-RELEASE/ ???? > > If i wanna do a NFS installation (put the source to a Unix server) since the > PC to install FreeBSD is not connected to network, I have put all files from > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.4-RELEASE/ to that unix > server? and boot from floppy (like linux), is that the way? The installation program on the floppies provides several ways to install FreeBSD. Ftp'ing from the 'Net is one option; NFS, local CDROM are others. If you wish to use NFS, won't the PC you wish to connect it have to be connected to a network anyway? If you wish to have a installation-server you would probably need to mirror the contents of ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/ or you could get an CD ISO image of the 4.1-RELEASE from: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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