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Subject: Re: Installation
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I have also seen problems when ftp'd in ASCII mode. Make absolutely sure
that you've not transfered these files using ASCII mode at any point. Also
check that there were no bad sectors on the disk.

-tony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com>
To: "Menke JR, Lorenz H" <lorenz.h.menke.jr@lmco.com>
Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Installation


>
>
> "Menke JR, Lorenz H" wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to install the disk version of FreeBSD on a windows 2000
system.
> > I am having problems with the fdimage image copy stage.  I have copied
the
> > two required files (mfsroot.flp and kern.flt) to my hard drive.  When I
> > attempt to use fdimage with the command c> fdimage kern.flp a: I get a
file
> > too large error.  The disks were newly formatted.  Can you assist me in
> > getting this stage completed?
>
> Did they format to full 1.44 MB. What you tried to do is how I have
> obtained my boot floppies since 2.2.8. I did use the command prompt
> window and cd to where everything was stored on disk.
>
> Kent
>
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Lorenz H. Menke, Jr.
> >
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