Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 00:10:01 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/6039: boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy. Message-ID: <199803170810.AAA28381@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6039; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: d055633c@seflin.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6039: boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy. Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:03:02 -0600 (CST) > > >Number: 6039 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: boot.flp is too big? I have a 1.44MB floppy. > >Confidential: no > >Severity: critical > >Priority: high > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 16 21:40:01 PST 1998 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Robert T. Jackson > >Organization: > >Release: > >Environment: > >Description: > Whenever I try to run fdimage to make an install floppy I get a > "File too Big" Error. I look at the file size and see it's about > 2k too big to fit on the floppy. (I have a 1.44MB floppy) I've tried > different disks thinking maybe I had bad sectors, but this isn't the case... Did you possibly ftp the .flp file, and forget to specify 'binary' instead of 'ascii'? Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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