From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 19 13:21:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA10658 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 13:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pulp.nildram.co.uk (root@pulp.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA10648 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 13:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by pulp.nildram.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with UUCP id UAA21983; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:14:41 GMT Received: from i.vaudrey (i.vaudrey [10.0.0.5]) by mail.nemko.ltd.uk (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id VAA08417; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 21:15:34 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <33D11FF2.7491277@test.nemko.ltd.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 21:13:38 +0100 From: Ian Vaudrey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Hillebrand CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP ME!!!! PLEASE X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <33D0F656.394C@cs.uidaho.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > > > > . 07-19-97 9:57a . > > .. 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!