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Date:      Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Song Lining <sln@public.jn.sd.cn>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Questions in install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960728181636.381S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <31F9C2EE.59EC@public.jn.sd.cn>

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On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Song Lining wrote:

> I tried to install FreeBSD in my Compaq 586/90( 8M RAM ). After the
> system read through the first floppy, it told me to insert the next, but
> what the "next floppy" refers to and where can I get it?

You're installing 2.1-RELEASE or before.  You need to grab the 'root.flp'
image, write that, and feed it when it asks for it.

Or install 2.1.5-RELEASE; it does away with the root.flp.


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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