From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 13 15: 4: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fbsd01.granitepost.com (fbsd01.granitepost.com [209.150.104.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2483A37B401 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:03:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from clabrown@granitepost.com) Received: from sager (austin.granitepost.com [209.150.104.143]) by fbsd01.granitepost.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA14818 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:54:44 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: From: "Clarence Brown" To: Subject: RE: install from CD ... Help! Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:14:26 -0500 Message-ID: <000e01c1244d$b2cac740$8f6896d1@granitepost.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> -----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 > 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