Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 21:13:38 +0100 From: Ian Vaudrey <ivaudrey@test.nemko.ltd.uk> To: Matt Hillebrand <hill9361@cs.uidaho.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP ME!!!! PLEASE Message-ID: <33D11FF2.7491277@test.nemko.ltd.uk> References: <33D0F656.394C@cs.uidaho.edu>
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Read the instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html - boot.flp is a disk image and needs to be written to your floppy with fdimage. - Ian 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 > > > > . <DIR> 07-19-97 9:57a . > > .. <DIR> 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? > > Thanks!
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