From 35d93552dca490eec05e6af01c06f4a475f8dcb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Koshy Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 06:06:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a Q. on the boot floppy image not fitting on a floppy. Approved-by: Doug White (FAQ maintainer) Commented-on-rather-lengthily-by: Sue Blake . --- FAQ/install.sgml | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ/install.sgml b/FAQ/install.sgml index c129709023..c9e7a7e2e4 100644 --- a/FAQ/install.sgml +++ b/FAQ/install.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -31,6 +31,36 @@ url="../handbook/install.html" name="Handbook entry on installing FreeBSD."> + + Help! The boot floppy image will not fit on a single floppy! + +

A 3.5 inch (1.44MB) floppy can accomodate 1474560 bytes of data. + The boot image is exactly 1474560 bytes in size. +

Common mistakes when preparing the boot floppy are: + + Not downloading the floppy image in binary mode when + using FTP. +

Some FTP clients default their transfer mode to ascii + and attempt to change any end-of-line characters received to match + the conventions used by the client's system. + This will almost invariably corrupt the boot image. Check the + size of the downloaded boot image: if it is not exactly + that on the server, then the download process is suspect. +

To workaround: type binary at the FTP command prompt + after getting connected to the server and before starting the + download of the image. + Using the DOS copy command (or equivalent GUI tool) to + transfer the boot image to floppy. +

Programs like copy will not work as the boot + image has been created to be booted into directly. The image has + the complete content of the floppy, track for track, and is not + meant to be placed on the floppy as a regular file. + You have to transfer it to the floppy ``raw'', using the + low-level tools (e.g. fdimage or rawrite) + described in the . + + Where are the instructions for installing FreeBSD?