Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:01:31 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: "Scott, Jason K" <Jason.K.Scott@usa.xerox.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CD-ROM images? Message-ID: <19990726230131.C272@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <5180A1AFD0ACD211831F0008C74CD5F503A4B8@USA0866MS1>; from Scott, Jason K on Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:23:18AM -0400 References: <5180A1AFD0ACD211831F0008C74CD5F503A4B8@USA0866MS1>
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On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:23:18AM -0400, Scott, Jason K wrote:
> Hello,
> I am looking for complete CD-ROM (Joliet?) image of FreeBSD to
> download. Being pretty new to the *nix and open source scene, I still have
> some troubles finding the right answers to my problems. I downloaded both
> 'kern.flp' and 'mfsroot.flp' from ftp.freebsd.org, however using fdimage to
> put them on a _new_ (1.44m) floppy doesn't work. It keep giving me a 'file
> too big' error (the images are 1,474,560).
You d/l them in text mode (did you use Netscape?). Try d/l in binary
mode, they should then work OK.
> This is why I was wondering if
> any complete CD-ROM images are available. Burning it on to a CD seems
> easier than wrestling with this goofy floppy problem....
> . thanks in advance..
>
>
>
> jscott
>
>
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