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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:24:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "mail.sirinet.net" <sbowman@sirinet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem with the boot floppy image.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411002402.28437u-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000701bd6509$74fd24a0$575003cf@default>

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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, mail.sirinet.net wrote:

> 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? 

You're using copy.  :)  Use the fdimage or rawrite program to write the
image to the floppy.  These should be available where you found the floppy
image in tools/. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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