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Date:      Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:59:38 -0800
From:      "Tim Oneil" <toneil@visigenic.com>
To:        "Stephen F. Combs" <combssf@salem.ge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fresh hardware
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970218105937.00995da0@visigenic.com>

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At 01:43 PM 2/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I've never used DOS to install FreeBSD on a computer!  (Of course, I've
>got a Sun at work which I use to create the BOOT Disk and the FIXIT disk).
>As long as you have a method of creating the boot disk (i.e. another
>PC or a workstation with a 3.5" floppy) you can just create the boot disk
>and then boot it and follow the std instructions!  My PC at home hasn't
>had DOS on it anywhere in over 5 years!

As I said. But I believe if you have no other means, installing dos
is by far the easiest.

>> You can go to an exsisting machine and create the bsd boot floppy,
[yadda yadda blah blah]





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