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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:14:26 -0500
From:      "Clarence Brown" <clabrown@granitepost.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: install from CD ... Help!
Message-ID:  <000e01c1244d$b2cac740$8f6896d1@granitepost.com>
In-Reply-To: <CCEOIFDFIDIGHEEMNANCEEFGCAAA.jslivko@blinx.net>

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of 
>> Clarence Brown
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:22 PM
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: install from CD ... Help!
>> 
>> 
>> I'm using the 4.3 CD's I received in the mail,
>> and 2 freshly formatted 1.4 meg floppies.
>> 
>> Here's a copy/paste of the command and return:
>> 
>> C:\>d:\tools\fdimage d:\floppies\kern.flp a:
>> d:\floppies\kern.flp - File is too big
>> 
>> Here's the state of the floppy:
>> 
>> C:\>chkdsk a:
>> Volume Serial Number is 18F3-152E
>> 
>>     1,457,664 bytes total disk space
>>     1,457,664 bytes available on disk
>> 
>>           512 bytes in each allocation unit
>>         2,847 total allocation units on disk
>>         2,847 available allocation units on disk
>> 
>>       655,360 total bytes memory
>>       573,856 bytes free
>> 
>> So, I'm using the right tool, fdimage.exe from
>> the CD, the right image, d:\floppies\kern.flp,
>> but it still won't fit. What gives? Is there a
>> problem with the distribution? I did search the
>> archives, but the closest just talked about not
>> downloading in binary mode. However I'm not
>> downloading, I'm getting it off the CD.
>> 
>> I also tried copying fdimage.exe, kern.flp and
>> mfsroot.flp to the same temp directory on drive
>> C: and running fdimage from there without paths,
>> but I get the same results.
>> 
>> Cla.
>> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathan M.
> Slivko
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:16 PM
> To: clabrown@granitepost.com; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: RE: install from CD ... Help!
> 
> 
> Uhm.... if it's an official CD, you can boot right off of it. 
> Thats what I
> do. -- Jonathan
> 
> --
> Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@blinx.net>
> Blinx Networks, Inc.
> http://www.blinx.net/
> "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?"
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Jonathan:

Thanks for the reply ... 

I can't boot from CD on that machine,
but it IS an official CD. 

Cla.

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