From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Nov 24 10:30:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (sub24-23.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37CA337B4D7 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:30:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 481AC189A; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:53:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A731898; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:53:40 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:53:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell To: "Michael.T" Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Something inportant is missing from manual.... In-Reply-To: <001101c05622$bf1560e0$4cd1d23f@toshiba> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Dear freebsd developers,I want to install freebsd and I have come > across something I feel if would be added will make it easier for me > to install freebsd.You mention in the guide to use a tool called > fdimage to copy the files onto the floppyies.How do I split a 2.81 MB > file onto the file using the tool?It would be very helpful for a new Well, according to the handbook you're supposed to download the 1.44 files, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp if you're running PC hardware and the 2.88, boot.flp, for Alpha hardware. Since you're most likely not running Alpha hardware, I'd suggest you go back and download the other two files and use fdimage.exe to make the boot disks. :) Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message