Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:40:17 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>, "James Splaine" <jsplaine@mediaone.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Boot Floppies Message-ID: <009301c0bd60$a4e428a0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <Pine.LNX.4.31L.02.0104041928200.20005-100000@linux1.gl.umbc.edu>
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I put fdimage in the root directory (C:\), go to C:\, then run "fdimage kern.flp a:" to make first floppy & "fdimage mfsroot.flp a:" to make the second ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> To: "James Splaine" <jsplaine@mediaone.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:30 AM Subject: RE: Boot Floppies > you must have fdimage, kern, and mfsroot in the same directory...then just > get to a dos prompt CD to that directory and then run fdimage like i > stated in the previous email. > > let me know how it goes > > Jason > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > ok great. I found the fdimage.exe file. Where do i put it if I want dos to > > be able to use it? command.com? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G. Jason Middleton [mailto:gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:06 PM > > To: James Splaine > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: Boot Floppies > > > > > > no you have the right images it looks like...you will not be able to copy > > then by just using the copy command in DOS. It seems as though you do not > > have the fdimage.exe. this file can be found on the at ftp.freebsd.org. > > > > the fdimage.exe file should be in the same location as the images files. > > > > or just do a search at www.freebsd.org for "fdimage.exe" and you are bound > > to find it > > > > > > let me know if everytihng works out > > > > Jason > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > > > Dos doesnt recongnize fdimage as a command, I did just use copy and get an > > > insufficient drive space error. I've tried on tons of different floppies. > > > I'm trying to make the floppies from my win98 machine. Each of the files > > > are 16896 bytes to big for any floppies that I have. Here are the files I > > > have. I must have the wrong files or something. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G. Jason Middleton [mailto:gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:31 PM > > > To: James Splaine > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: Boot Floppies > > > > > > > > > they should both fit on regular floppies....are you using fdimage to make > > > the floppies? > > > > > > it should go something like this > > > at a dos prompt > > > and of course you should be in the same directory that the images are > > > located and have a copy of fdimage in that directory as well > > > > > > > > > fdimage kern.flp a: > > > > > > let me know if this helps > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Splaine wrote: > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm having a major problem with my installation of FreeBSD 4.2. I > > cannot > > > > make the boot floppies on any machine because kern.flp and mfsroot.flp > > are > > > > both 1,474,560 bytes and wont fit on any standard 1,457,664 byte floppy > > > > disks. I must be doing something wrong but cant figure out what it is. > > > > Thanks for taking the time to help me out. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______ > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement: > > > > > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______ > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Announcement: > > > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > ______________________________________________________________________ _________ > > > > > > > Announcement: > > The revolution will not be televised. > > > > > 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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