Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Duncan Orthner <p6orthne@cquest.utoronto.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from a DOS partition... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970221104126.904T-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.93.970220191630.5319A-100000@server.sid>
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Duncan Orthner wrote: > > Hi, I want to install FreeBSD on my machine. Is it possible for me to > transfer the files using a windows ftp program (preserving the dir > structure) to a DOS partition and then install from there? As near as I > can tell from the handbook, the 'install from DOS partition' option > expects the bin files to be gzipped, as I believe they are on the CD. Is > this possible? Yes. YOu need to recreate the directory heirarchy on your c: drive. See the INSTALL.TXT file in the top level release directory for full details, or http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html. 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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