From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 25 18:42:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6641037B406 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:42:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from achornback@worldnet.att.net) Received: from tomcat ([12.93.212.139]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010726014235.MMLQ12706.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@tomcat>; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:42:35 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: , Subject: RE: Confusing install info Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:41:58 -0400 Message-ID: <00fe01c11574$28ea06e0$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of mll@cotse.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:26 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Confusing install info > > Hello, > > I am stumped on a part of the install info for FreeBSD. > > I have an older Compac pc I am trying to install the software on. It will > not allow the install from the CD. > > In the instructions there is:"Write the image files to the floppy disks. > The image files, such as kern.flp, are not regular files you copy to the > disk." > > How do I write an image file that is over 2.4 meg onto a 1.44 meg floppy? > > I can't copy the boot.flp onto a floppy as it is over 2.4 meg. > > Any assistance is a appreciated. Use the other two floppy images and rawrite or fdimage them to a pair of floppies. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message