From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 19 02:17:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA27110 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 02:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateway.blueberry.co.uk (gateway.blueberry.co.uk [195.153.48.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA27092 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 02:17:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keith@blueberry.co.uk) Received: from intranet.blueberry.co.uk (intranet.internal.blueberry.co.uk [10.0.0.2]) by gateway.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08124; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:17:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from keith@blueberry.co.uk) Received: (from keith@localhost) by intranet.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12546; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:19:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from keith) Message-ID: <19980619101929.19877@blueberry.co.uk> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:19:29 +0100 From: Keith Jones To: Christopher Hughes Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy too small for boot.flp References: <1313871854-1310021@traplet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <1313871854-1310021@traplet.co.uk>; from Christopher Hughes on Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 09:53:59AM +0100 Organization: Blueberry New Media Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 09:53:59AM +0100, Christopher Hughes wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD onto a PC using a bootable floppy, > followed by a network connection. However, when I use fdimage to move the > boot.flp file onto a floppy, it tells me that there is not enough room on > the floppy. I have tried several floppies, and reformatted them in DOS > and Windows, with no success. According to fdimage, boot.flp: > filesize=1479577 disksize=1474560 > > Thanks in advance > > Chris Hughes Hmm, your boot image is definitely messed up. intranet:/usr/local/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/floppies> ls -l total 11146 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 153 Mar 25 03:05 CHECKSUM.MD5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3499 Jun 3 06:07 README.TXT -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1474560 Mar 26 10:36 boot-dpt.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1474560 Mar 25 03:04 boot.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1474560 Mar 25 03:05 fixit.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1238102 Jun 3 06:06 kernel Make sure you're using binary mode when you download the floppy image. It looks suspiciously as though something has added extraneous characters to the image. Keith -- v Keith Jones Systems Manager, Blueberry New Media Ltd. v | Postal Mail: 2/10 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, LONDON, UK. SW10 0XD | | Telephone: +44 (0)171 351 3313 Fax: +44 (0)171 351 2476 | ^ Email: Keith.Jones@blueberry.co.uk WWW: http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ ^ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message