From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 3 10:18:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA16235 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:18:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16228 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:18:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05723; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:18:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199811031818.MAA05723@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: boot image file In-Reply-To: <199811031135_MC2-5EF9-43B8@compuserve.com> from Kerry Weir at "Nov 3, 98 11:35:37 am" To: 112060.1707@compuserve.com (Kerry Weir) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:18:09 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Kerry Weir said: > When I download the boot.flp image file, it is too large for a regular > 1.44M disk. The boot sector information on the disk actually leaves only > 1.38M of disk space on the floppy. The boot.flp image file is 1.40M large. > How can I make a boot disk when the file won't fit? > Please e-mail me back at: > kerry.weir@safetran.com > Please read the handbook and FAQ. The boot image is a diskette image not a file to put on a DOS floppy. You put it on the disk with fdimage in DOS or dd in Unix. -- ``Casual drug users ought to be taken out and shot.'' Daryl Gates, telling the Senate Judiciary Committe what should be done with casual users of marijuana and cocaine. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message