Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:30:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: David Giese <dgiese@brownandbigelow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808131329570.11633-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35D31AFE.D93E7A52@brownandbigelow.com>
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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, David Giese wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD and am trying to install it on a PC to try it out. I > downloaded the 'boot.flp' and 'fdimage.exe' files to create a FreeBSD > bootable floppy. I have tried running fdimage with the syntax 'fdimage > -f 1.44M boot.flp a:' to create the bootable floppy, but I get the > message 'boot.flp - File is too big.' I am trying this from a DOS > window within Win95 and have tried booting the computer in Command > Prompt Mode. Any idea how to get this to work properly? This is a FAQ: redownload the boot floppy image in _binary_ mode. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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