Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 00:57:23 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Yi Ke <kyi@gintic.gov.sg> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG.'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help needed for FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <366500F3.BFF25924@seattleu.edu> References: <01570E7F8223D2119C9A00805F9A267C098928@gexchange.gintic.gov.sg>
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You need to download fdimage and use it to create the boot disk. boot.flp is a disk image, not a "file" that can be copied to a disk. This information was contained in the README.TXT in the /floppies directory. Please read these README files in the future. They are -*VERY*- important. Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu Yi Ke wrote: > > Dear Sir/Mdm > > I am trying to follow the instruction to install FreeBSD on my PC, but > problem is after downloading "installation boot disk image" and > "fdimage.exe onto my local harddisk, at DOS prompt, fdimage gives me a > message, saying that boot.flp is too big. Tha actual size of boot.flp is > 1479365 bytes, but 1.44M flopy disk's capacity is only 1474560 bytes. Could > you please tell me what's wrong? > > Thanks &Regards > YK > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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