From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 16 18:55:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA29705 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:55:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enigami.com (enigami.com [208.140.182.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA29493 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:54:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ckempf@enigami.com) Received: from [208.140.182.45] (symphony.enigami.com [208.140.182.45]) by enigami.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA17255; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:54:10 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: ckempfm@enigami.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <19980316232635.16138.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:49:38 -0500 To: Diana Roman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cory Kempf Subject: Re: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 18:26 -0500 98.03.16, Diana Roman wrote: >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? At a guess, I would say that you downloaded it as an ASCII file, rather than as a binary file. Too really go out on a limb, I suspect you downloaded it via your web browser. Unix uses '\n' as end of line, Windows uses '\r\n' for some reason (welcome to the department of redundency department). I suspect, that on download, your helpful downloading software, converted your "TEXT" file's line ends... thus growing it a smidge. That's great, if you want to read a text file, but completely trashes binaries. Download the file again, but this time in binary mode. Most FTP clients allow you to specify binary. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message