Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 13:55:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: QHunt29936@aol.com Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't copy boot.flp to a floppy of 1.44MB Message-ID: <19971124135524.61906@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <971123215746_476974659@mrin86.mail.aol.com>; from QHunt29936@aol.com on Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 09:57:46PM -0500 References: <971123215746_476974659@mrin86.mail.aol.com>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 09:57:46PM -0500, QHunt29936@aol.com wrote: > A floppy disk of 1.44MB has the space 1,474,560 bytes; but the boot.flp I > download > from FreeBSD is of 1,546,706 bytes (>1.44MB). when I "copy boot.flp a:\*.* > /v", I was told "insufficiant space". How can I do the boot disk? Please send messages of this nature to FreeBSD-questions, not FreeBSD-doc, which is dedicated to documenting the FreeBSD system. The floppy image is exactly 1474560 bytes long. I don't know how you got 1,546,706 bytes. Some people will tell you it's because you used ASCII mode transfer (which is likely), but that doesn't explain the size: an ASCII transfer of the 2.2.5 boot floppy produces 1479138 bytes. Try again, and make sure you use a binary (not ASCII) transfer. Greg
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