Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:39:20 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: P C Wang <pcwang@abbnm.com> Cc: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie install Message-ID: <20030613213919.GA398@nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <386E475C.7060401@abbnm.com> References: <386E475C.7060401@abbnm.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2000.01.01 12:28:44 -0600, P C Wang wrote: > I looked the web instruction for instruction to install the OS > > I formatted a floppy disk with size /A:1.44 and try to copy kern.flp > onto the floppy. Since the floppy has only 1.38MB of free space (even > though I formatted with size for 1.44MB) I can not really copy the file > over to the floppy. You should not copy the files, but they need to be written directly to the floppy disk. Please see the FreeBSD handbook for information on doing this. The relevant section is : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES BTW the FreeBSD-questions list is more appropriate for this kind of problems. -- Simon L. Nielsen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+6kSH8kocFXgPTRwRAiPrAKDCnLRbhEstPzee/RmvT47AAjwnLwCfUwCL QJrGsfTd3GPokI7oELM99jM= =63Vc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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