Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:55:03 +0300 (EEST) From: Juha-Matti Liukkonen <jml@cubical.fi> To: valentino lionheart <gudang_program@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help installing picobsd Message-ID: <20040516165139.E15539@skitso.cs-intra.net> In-Reply-To: <20040516134441.99849.qmail@web12302.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040516134441.99849.qmail@web12302.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, it would be useful to know something about Unix when trying things like this :-) In any case, the unpacked image file is an _image_ file. It is not a file to be put on a floppy; it is the _entire_ contents of a floppy, including partition tables and the filesystem. You need to use dd (on unix) or a tool like fdimage or rawrite (on DOS) to write the image to a floppy. For example, in BSD you would say: dd if=thefilename of=/dev/fd0. (You could add bs=18k to get optimal transfer speed for a 1.44M floppy.) Then just put the floppy in the drive and reboot to BSD... Br, Jussi On Sun, 16 May 2004, valentino lionheart wrote: > > Anyway, my problem now is how to install the pico bsd. I have download a file called picobsd-img.tar.gz. Is this what I need ? > > then how should I install it ? I try to decompress ther file using WinZip and /tar command from linux but the file size after decompression is 1.5 MB, of course it is can not copied into a floppy disk. > > I never use FreeBSD and Unix, and got zero knowledge on those thing. -- Cubical Solutions Ltd, Juha-Matti Liukkonen Phone: +358 40 5280142 Email: jml@cubical.fi
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