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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 00:10:01 -0800 (PST)
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From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
Subject: Re: bin/6039: boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy.
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6039; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
To: d055633c@seflin.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/6039: boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy.
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:03:02 -0600 (CST)

 > 
 > >Number:         6039
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Synopsis:       boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy.
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       critical
 > >Priority:       high
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 16 21:40:01 PST 1998
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Robert T. Jackson
 > >Organization:
 > >Release:        
 > >Environment:
 > >Description:
 > Whenever I try to run fdimage to make an install floppy I get a 
 > "File too Big" Error.  I look at the file size and see it's about
 > 2k too big to fit on the floppy. (I have a 1.44MB floppy) I've tried
 > different disks thinking maybe I had bad sectors, but this isn't the case...
 
 Did you possibly ftp the .flp file, and forget to specify 'binary' instead
 of 'ascii'?
 
 
 Kevin

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