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From: Mitch Baxter <jbaxter@wi.rr.com>
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Subject: misc/31931: For floppy install, fdimage reports 'File too large' for both kern.flp and mfsroot.flp
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>Number:         31931
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       For floppy install, fdimage reports 'File too large' for both kern.flp and mfsroot.flp
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 12 07:00:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mitch Baxter
>Release:        4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
      The floppy-based installation instructions in the online documentation say to issue the following command to create the boot floppies for FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386:

"fdimage kern.flp a:"

However, fdimage.exe reports that the file kern.flp is too large.
>How-To-Repeat:
      Just issue the indicated command at any DOS prompt using kern.flp or mfsroot.flp for FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386.
>Fix:
      Use rawrite.exe instead of fdimage.exe with the same command syntax.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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