From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 10 22:20:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22491 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:20:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from puma.sirinet.net (puma.sirinet.net [198.203.196.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22424 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:20:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sbowman@sirinet.net) Received: from default (ppp87.sirinet.net [207.3.80.87]) by puma.sirinet.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id AAA23562 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:19:42 -0500 Message-ID: <000701bd6509$74fd24a0$575003cf@default> From: "mail.sirinet.net" To: Subject: Problem with the boot floppy image. Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:19:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD64DF.8831EDA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD64DF.8831EDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I bought my first computer (AMD-K6) in February and became interested in = installing Free BSD. After downloading the boot.flp file I noticed the = file was 1.40 MB. But when I formatted my 1.44 MB disk, it only leaves = 1.38 left over, and i am unable to transfer it to my disk. I have = access to 2.0 MB disks, and 1.0 GB SparQ disks, but the FAQ says BSD = requires 1.44 MB disks. What am I doing wrong? Thank You Very Much. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD64DF.8831EDA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I bought my first computer (AMD-K6) = in February=20 and became interested in installing Free BSD. After downloading = the=20 boot.flp file I noticed the file was 1.40 MB. But when I formatted = my 1.44=20 MB disk, it only leaves 1.38 left over, and i am unable to transfer it = to my=20 disk. I have access to 2.0 MB disks, and 1.0 GB SparQ disks, but = the FAQ=20 says BSD requires 1.44 MB disks. What am I doing = wrong?

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