Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:12:37 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: bvn003@dog.he.boeing.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation questions Message-ID: <199611271512.QAA02462@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <329B8690.4435@boeing.com> from Steve Blair at "Nov 26, 96 07:08:48 pm"
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Steve Blair writes: > Hello: > > I purchased Free BSD 2.1 to install on a new Gateway > pentium pc. I have to CD from Walnut Creek in my ATAPI CD > drive. Prior to this I copied the boot.flp from the CD to a > floppy on my other PC that is running windows 95. When I > attempt to boot from this floopy the PC complains that the > floppy is not bootable. Am I approaching this correctly? I'd guess that you have copied the floppy incorrectly. If you're using Microsoft products, use TOOLS\RAWRITE.EXE. > There isn't an atapi.flp file on the CD as the documentation > suggests, could this be the problem? No. There is no atapi.flp any more--see my weekly posting to this group. I'm curious, though, what you used instead :-) Use floppies/boot.flp. Greg
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