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. >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > -----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?" > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Jonathan: Thanks for the reply ... I can't boot from CD on that machine, but it IS an official CD. Cla. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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