From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 03:08:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99CDE16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:08:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B60343D54 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:08:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20041228030815i92002ag1he>; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:08:15 +0000 Message-ID: <41D0CE1B.6060408@nbritton.org> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:08:11 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Broder_Mizz=E9rable?= References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help *fast* X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:08:16 -0000 Broder Mizzérable wrote: > Hello there.. i'm switching to FreeBSD ' now '... i did try to use the > floppy installation way. but it seems like all my floppy's are 50kb to > small =/ ... so i was wondering .. is it possible to use a CD ' That > does already has stuffs on it but still boot it and download FTP wise > .. as you would do as on the floppy installation ... i do ask this cuz > i dont have any free CD's atm .. > I'm not quite following what you mean? You tried the standard tools to make the floppy's, like rawrite and dd? AND you did format these disk before hand to check that they didn't have bad sectors?.... I have a big box of floppy's that have been siting in the closet and every time I need one I have to go through 20 or so bad ones that have bad sectors or invalid media to find the one perfect one. floppy diskettes are junk thats why we stopped using them.