From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 18 00:20:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA03107 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:20:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kevin.sunshine.net (pme51.sunshine.net [204.191.205.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA03094 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by kevin.sunshine.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA01553; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:19:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: kevin.sunshine.net: cagey owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:19:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk X-Sender: cagey@kevin.sunshine.net To: Charles Ebert cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 1.44 MB disk test? No way. In-Reply-To: <33F7E1DE.5A09@theshop.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Charles Ebert wrote: Hi Charles, You must download in binary. I recommend using an ftp client or if you must use netscape click on the file with the right mouse button and and choose the save link option. Hope this helps. > I downloaded the boot.flp and fdimage.exe from two different versions > of the system. > 2.2.2 and 2.1.7.1 I think from the FTP site. > > Problem is, fdimage keeps saying the image is BIGGER than the 1.44 mb > disk. > And it's right. We can't make a bootable test / system check type disk > from > these images on a 1.44 mb floppy. It just won't fit. > > So either the WEB page is wrong and these images are intended for 2.88 > mb floppies, > or there is an image which could be had which will INDEED fit on a 1.44 > mb disk. > > 2.1.7.1 was just 4k over sized. 2.2.2 was double that oversized. > > I can't make a test disk with those oversized images so I will never be > able to > tell if my system hardware is compatible. > > Who can I contact about this? Tommorrow is another day for me. I've > already logged > my first 2 hours of playing around with Free BSD. I'm getting to feel > like an > expert already, expecially at FTP use. HA! > > Thanks in advance. > -- > Charlie > Your welcome :) -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ...." British Columbia *BSD User Directory ==> http://www.cynic.net