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Date:      Wed, 02 Jul 1997 09:12:11 -0700
From:      "Tim Oneil" <toneil@visigenic.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PROBLEMS INSTALLING FREE BSD.
Message-ID:  <3.0.2.32.19970702091211.0095db20@mailhost>
In-Reply-To: <199707021502.IAA08956@hub.freebsd.org>

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At 04:00 PM 4/16/97 +0100, you wrote:
>I am attempting to use Free BSD on a pentium pc.
>
>I have however come up with a problem at the very earliest point!
>
>I can not fit the Boot disk image from your FTP site onto a floppy disk.
>
>I have Formated 4 brands of floppy disk on two different computers using
windows 95 and NT4 and Dos.
>
>The format only appears to free 1.38 mb and not the full 1.44mb required.
>
>I am sure I am missing something obviouse but I can not find it!!
>
>I would greatly appreciate any suggestions as I am keen to run a Unix web
server. I am currenlty running a web,mail,and proxy server using the
Microsoft solution with the usuall overheads.

Its the extended file attributes information. Format it in NT 
in a dos box rather than clicking a drive icon and using the
format in the menu.




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