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Date:      Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:11:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Christopher Romer <romerc@palmcoastd.com>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: INSTALLATION FROM FLOPPY
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960410191002.938B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BB26D7.6F0F04E0@romerc.palmcoastd.com>

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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Christopher Romer wrote:

> 
> 
> In the instructions for installing version 2.1 from floppy they suggest 
> placing every file in the BIN directory in its own subdirectory, is this 
> true? The example looks like they are just in a BIN directory on the 
> floppy.

No.  Copy as many of the archives as possible onto the root directory of 
a floppy, and continue  until all the files are copied.

> Also, the instructions for making the BOOT and ROOT floppy were confusing. 
> I ended up downloading RAWRITE.EXE after reading the README.TXT in the 
> floppies directory. Installation notes could have been clearer.

Really?  put a formatted floppy in; rawrite boot.flp a: :-)

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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