From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 4 07:29:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11042 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 07:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (news2.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11019 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 07:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id RAA18077; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:26:28 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id QAA17183; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:25:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA22936; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:03:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09839; Wed, 4 Nov 98 16:05:41 +0100 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA299701528; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 15:58:48 +0100 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 98 15:58:31 +0100 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <30EE85A8.42DD@gbonline.com> Subject: I can't get the file on the floppy. Mime-Version: 1.0 To: pooh@gbonline.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="I" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="I" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, welcome to FreeBSD !!! boot.flp is NOT a DOS file : it's a binary image of what gets on a diskette to make a UNIX boot disk. so : - download boot.flp in binary mode (if you didnt't do it in that mode) - download rawrite.exe (from the tools directory in the FTP server) under DOS : rawrite boot.flp a: and off you go !!! TfH PS : if you got boot.flp via ftp, get also all files *.TXT from the same server. (INSTALL.TXT is a **VERY** good reading for those who plunge into FreeBSD). > I wanted to use FreeBSD to learn UNIX from a book (Complete Idiots > Guide to UNIX) and did a search and found your site. I downloaded the > boot.flp file to my hard drive, but I can;t figure out what to do with > it now. It won't fit on a 1.44 floppy, and I can't figure out how to > open the file. What do I do now... > > I'm tring to learn UNIX just to do it, please give me a hand. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message