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From: "Richard Lyon" <rlyon@ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Floppy install
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 10:38:16 +1100
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you have to put bin.inf in the bin directory on the first
disk.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Landy <Peter.Landy@halliburton.com>
To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
<freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, 4 February 1998 22:47
Subject: Problem with Floppy install


>I am having a problem with a floppy install of FreeBSD
2.2.5. I have to
>install from floppy in this case. I have copied all the
files under the
>/bin directory on the ftp site and have my boot floppy. All
goes well
>until it asks what package I want. For instance I choose
minimum, then
>it asks for a floppy to be inserted. When I insert the
floppy it looks
>at it and gives me the following message.
>
>"Couldn't extract the following distributions. This may be
because they
>were not available on the installation media you've chosen.
>
>bin"
>
>the installation then quits. The floppy has been formatted
under DOS and
>the files downloaded in BIN mode. I have copied the files
onto floppy as
>so.
>
>a:\bin\bin.aa
>a:\bin\bin.ab
>a:\bin\bin.ac
>a:\bin\bin.ad
>a:\bin\bin.ae
>
>I have also tried
>
>
>a:\freebsd\bin\bin.aa
>a:\freebsd\bin\bin.ab
>a:\freebsd\bin\bin.ac
>a:\freebsd\bin\bin.ad
>a:\freebsd\bin\bin.ae
>
>Still no joy. Any ideas. Please reply to
peter.landy@taylan.co.uk
>
>thanks
>
>Peter Landy
>