From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Sep 14 7:29: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.screaming.net (smtp.screaming.net [212.49.224.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931CE37B424 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexx.my.domain (dyn148-ras46.screaming.net [212.188.141.148]) by smtp.screaming.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA12614 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:31:54 GMT From: John Murphy To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Floppies Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:28:33 +0100 Organization: The Organisation Reply-To: bigotfo@bigfoot.com Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David de la Rosa wrote: >I am having trouble creating the boot disks via FTP. The files kern.flp= and >mfsroot.flp are 1.473Mbs large and don't fit into my 1.44Mbs formatted >floppies. When I try to fdimage I get an error message that states that= the >file is too large. What am I doing wrong or what do I have to do? I am >really interested in installing my FreeBSD after all the research I have >done and noting that Yahoo runs all there servers on FreeBSD I want to = start >learning and take advantage of all the benefits of FreeBSD. Please = help. The kern.flp and mfsroot.flp are exactly 1,474,560 bytes each and fit perfectly on a good floppy. I've used rawrite to make the floppies without any problems, so you could try using that. I have heard that people have had problems with dodgy disks, so try using good quality new ones if you can. (rawrite will be in /tools if it isn't in = /floppies) HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message