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Subject: Re: can't copy boot.flp to a floppy of 1.44MB
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On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 QHunt29936@aol.com wrote:

> A floppy disk of 1.44MB has the space 1,474,560 bytes; but the
> boot.flp I download from FreeBSD is of 1,546,706 bytes
> (>1.44MB). when I "copy boot.flp a:\*.* /v", I was told
> "insufficiant space". How can I do the boot disk? 

You need to use a special program that I think you'll find in the
tools/ directory (should have the same parent directory as
wherever you got boot.flp, I think) to copy boot.flp onto the
floppy.  Read the INSTALL file.