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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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