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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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