Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:56:28 +0300 (MSK) From: Ozz!!! <osa@unibest.ru> To: Kai Richardson <KRichard@dsams.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HELP!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980311175424.21507A-100000@hole.etrust.ru> In-Reply-To: <2AA8880B268CD1118E4600609720EB180D36A3@mail.dsams.com>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Kai Richardson wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install freebsd on my machine, but for some reason I > am getting stuck on the very first step, creating an install floppy! I > ftp'd both the boot.flp file and the fdimage.exe files to my NT workstation > harddrive. I put brand new floppy disk in drive a: However, when I run the > fdimage.exe file it says that the boot.flp file is too big to fit on the > floppy! I checked it's size, and indeed it is 1479138 bytes and a brand new > floppy is only 1457664 bytes! What am I doing wrong? > > Your help would be greatly appreciated! > > Kai Richardson > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Hi! Yes! You right! boot.flp's size is 1474560 !! But this is binary image of floppy-disk. I think you must use fdimage.exe in DOS... Rgdz, Ozz, osa@unibest.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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