Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:50:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/31931: For floppy install, fdimage reports 'File too large' for both kern.flp and mfsroot.flp Message-ID: <200111150950.fAF9o1D09875@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/31931; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: Mitch Baxter <jbaxter@wi.rr.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/31931: For floppy install, fdimage reports 'File too large' for both kern.flp and mfsroot.flp
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:41:28 -0800
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 06:52:29AM -0800, Mitch Baxter wrote:
[snip]
> >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.
How big are your 'kern.flp' and 'mfsroot.flp' files? The most common
cause of this error is the files being corrupted during download.
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