Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 16:17:29 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: BrentAHughes@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppies Message-ID: <392FD8F9.932BABDD@i-clue.de> References: <c5.5f1413f.2660ceb6@aol.com>
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BrentAHughes@aol.com wrote: > Hello, I have tried the following procedure about 10 or 15 times in a number > of ways and I cannot get it to work.... I used Winimage to extract the iso > file to my hard drive on my win98 box. I also used NTI cd-Maker to create a > cd from the iso. I am using the 4.0 iso image release. I have tried to > create the floppies from the extraction on my hard drive and from the cd I > created. Neither has worked. The machine that I want to install the OS on > is not cd-Rom bootable. It is an old 486 w/ 2x cd-Rom. The kern.flp and > mfsroot.flp files appear too large to install on floppies anyway as they are > 1.47 megs plus. I do not understand.... Read the instructions to the last point. It seems you've missed the section where it says "Don't use Netscape or IE5 to download the floppy images. Use the RAWWRITE.EXE program to create the floppies". HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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