Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:49:13 +0200 (EET) From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr> To: Doug <doug@inJapan.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot.flp too large (revisited) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990201074658.930C-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <fc.000f4b93000d6923000f4b93000d6923.d6924@inJapan.net>
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hello, as I know, boot.flp file should be 1474560 bytes I am sending a boot.flp file of 3.0-RELEASE with email. I hope it would work for you On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Doug wrote: > I want to thank people who responded to my question about "boot.flp" > being too large to fit on a floppy when using fdimage to create an > install floppy. > > However, boot.flp is still too large. > > I really do think I am downloading the file as binary. I am using > Netscape Communicator 4.06, right-clicking on the boot.flp file and > saving it as a file. However, it gets saved just a bit larger than the > floppy size so fdimage won't work. > > I have used the same method to download other binary files, such as > QuickTime from the Apple Site (also an ftp:// link) and after downloading > the executable runs just fine and QuickTime installs on the NT machine I > am using. > > I even tried changing the name of boot.flp to boot.exe (and then renaming > it back to boot.flp after downloading) just in case the extension was > somehow causing Netscape's FTP protocol to not download the file as > binary. > > My question is - are you *really sure* that the current boot.flp is not > too large? > > The file size appears to be 1,479,365 bytes. What should it be if I > downloaded it correctly? > > Thanks, > > Doug Lerner, Tokyo > doug@inJapan.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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