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From: agifford@mastnet.net (We are the knights who say "Ni!")
Subject: FreeBSD installation from DOS partition
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        I first tried to install the software from floppy disks by
downloading all the bin files via FTP, where I had made all the floppies
(15, including the boot floppy) and put the files on them in the right
order... and it didn't work.  When I restarted my computer, I formatted the
600MB DOS partition with a startup disk.  Now, I can boot DOS, or uncomplete
BSD from the HD.  I have all the Bin files on my DOS partition, in
C:\FREEBSD\BIN, and that's all.  I selected the Minimal installation stuff,
and made sure that BIN was the only dist. set selected.  When I try to
install, the install program tells me that the files for bin could not be
found on the media type selected.  I made sure over and over that I was
selecting my install media to be DOS partition.  I used novice, express, and
custom install; I felt like I knew exactly what I was doing, I wasn't
confused, but it just keeps telling me that on my media, the bin files
cannot be found.  I have double checked to make sure all the files are
there, in the C:\FREEBSD\BIN directory.  I hope you can help me figure this out.

                                        Thanks,
                                        Alan Gifford