Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:49:38 -0500 From: Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com> To: Diana Roman <destinasia_inc@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <v04003a0cb133776276d5@[208.140.182.45]> In-Reply-To: <19980316232635.16138.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com>
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At 18:26 -0500 98.03.16, Diana Roman wrote: >Hi, I am trying to create a boot disk and running into a minor >problem: When I download the installation image file onto my hard >drive, it's 1.47 megs and won't fit on a 1.44 meg disk. What's up? >Your instructions say this file should fit on a 1.44 meg disk. I'm >using Win 95 to download - is this the problem and how do I work >around it? At a guess, I would say that you downloaded it as an ASCII file, rather than as a binary file. Too really go out on a limb, I suspect you downloaded it via your web browser. Unix uses '\n' as end of line, Windows uses '\r\n' for some reason (welcome to the department of redundency department). I suspect, that on download, your helpful downloading software, converted your "TEXT" file's line ends... thus growing it a smidge. That's great, if you want to read a text file, but completely trashes binaries. Download the file again, but this time in binary mode. Most FTP clients allow you to specify binary. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/chipmerchant.html>; Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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