From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 23 18:14:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F77914EA1 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:14:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 20287 invoked from network); 24 Oct 1999 01:14:11 -0000 Received: from useraq48.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.136.108) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 24 Oct 1999 01:14:11 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id CAA02474; Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:14:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:14:12 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: ByteSavers International Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD woes. Message-ID: <19991024021412.K650@marder-1> References: <1.5.4.32.19991024010743.006df9a0@lalc.k12.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19991024010743.006df9a0@lalc.k12.ca.us> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 06:07:43PM -0700, ByteSavers International wrote: > According to you folk, a file image of 1,474,560 bytes will fit on my 3.5" > floppy. > > After 2 formats (one under DOS 6.22 and one under Slackware 4.0), I find > several of my floppy disks holding 1,457,664 bytes... > > 1,474,560 bytes > 1,457,664 bytes, therefore no luck. What to do? > You don't format them, you use fdimage (in the tools directory on the first CD). The files are disk images, not regular files. 1.44*1024*1000 = 1474560 HTH > -Phil/CERisE > SomeOtherPerson: we have no cheese in the house! > SomeOtherPerson: err..we do, but it's non-fat tasteless garbage > CERisE8192: Well that's because you're pathetic weight-watchers ;) > SomeOtherPerson: it almost ruined my sunday night... > > 6:20-ish 10/18/99 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message