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From: Shawn Ramsey <root@cpl.net>
To: elina <elina@cloudfactory.org>
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Subject: Re: BSD for PentiumII
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> > Do you mean
> > 1. your BIOS cannot boot from CD at all? or perhaps
> 
> This is the problem,
> my BIOS cannot boot from the CD. I know I burned the image to the CD
> correctly because I have another PC  machine and it will boot up fine from
> that one. So, If I try making bootable floppies, will it work? if so what
> files, or where, do I get them?
> I got a lot of responses. Everyone is so willing to help on this list, it's
> nice.  I'm sure I'll have more questions once I get the OS installed.
> 
> Thanks everyone,
> elina

You need fdimage.exe out of the tools directory. Then just write mfsroot.flp
and kern.flp to the floppies. The images are in the "floppies" directory on
the CD. Something like so : 

tools/fdimage floppies/mfsroot.flp a:

 
See the install guide for more.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-guide.html

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