From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 24 22:43:36 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA26862 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:43:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shemp.palomine.net (shemp.palomine.net [205.198.88.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA26857 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:43:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 16611 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Jan 1999 06:43:33 -0000 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 01:43:33 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: Doug Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp too big Message-ID: <19990125014333.A16599@palomine.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 03:38:08PM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 03:38:08PM +0900, Doug wrote: > I am trying to make a boot image floppy. I downloaded both boot.flp and > fdimage.exe, but when I try to make the image, fdimage reports that > "boot.flp" is too big. > > Running in debug mode, it specifically says that boot.flp is 1,479,365 > bytes and the floppy is 1,474,560 bytes. > > I tried reformatting the floppy, but got the same results. > > Does anybody have any suggestions about how I can proceed? Did you download it in binary mode? The symptoms you describe are usually the result of having downloaded the image file in ASCII mode. Try downloading another copy, making sure you're downloading it in binary mode. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message