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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:34:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Pajero <termie@qatar.net.qa>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FW: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970729093310.8468I-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <01BC9BFE.445D60A0@difb.qatar.net.qa>

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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Pajero wrote:

> I am installing from within DOS partition, minimal installation.  After
> extracting from the bin directory (from the hard disk), the installation
> process says "unable to transfer the bin distribution from wd0s1"

The files must be stored on your primary DOS partition (drive C) and need
to be in C:\FREEBSD\BIN\.  Don't extract the BIN.AA, BIN.BB, etc. files.

> I have also tried installing from the floppies but I get the same
> result:  "unable to transfer the bin distribution from fd0". 

Hop over to ALT-F2 and see if you can track down the specific error
message.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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