From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 16 16:44:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26141 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:44:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26127 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:44:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perrya@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA29919; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:44:36 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:44:36 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew To: Diana Roman cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <19980316232635.16138.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to the instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html (there's a link to here from the main page) you need to download the file boot.flp then use the fdimage utility to copy it to diskette. You may run into problems if you use netscape to download it. I have heard that netscape has problems downloading in binary mode, in which case you may have to use an ftp client to download it, making sure you tell it to download in binary mode. On my machine it reports the size as 1,440 KB so maybe it has not been downloaded in binary mode. hope this helps Andrew Perry > 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? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message