From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 21 06:00:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA12072 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 06:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from algernon.osu.cz (algernon.osu.cz [195.113.105.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA12067 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 06:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from belkovic@localhost) by algernon.osu.cz (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA00495; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:00:30 +0200 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:00:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: Josef Belkovics To: Matt Hillebrand cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP ME!!!! PLEASE In-Reply-To: <33D0F656.394C@cs.uidaho.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Matt Hillebrand wrote: > I have spent way too much time trying to get that boot disk going. > > When I download it, the file is too large for a 1.44 MB Floppy, even > though your server says that it is 1.440 MB > > > D:\freeBSD>dir > > > > Volume in drive D has no label > > Volume Serial Number is 1AF3-1526 > > Directory of D:\freeBSD > > > > . 07-19-97 9:57a . > > .. 07-19-97 9:57a .. > > BOOT FLP 1,474,560 07-19-97 10:05a boot.flp > > 1 file(s) 1,474,560 bytes > > 2 dir(s) 1,358,233,600 bytes free > > > 1.474 MB just won't fit on any floppy of mine. Do I need some sort of > new super-floppy? All my UNIX-guru friends tell me that I am just > stupid. :) Perhaps you can be of more assistance? You can't use copy or something like under dos. Use program rawrite, and mainly, _READ_ all README.DOC, INSTALL.DOC etc. on your installation kit. Nobody can install fbsd without it. Lately you will need also faq.html or faq.doc (ascii), but this file is a bit hidden. Josef Belkovics