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Date:      Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:12:31 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        zaz@null.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin.inf corrupt?
Message-ID:  <199810270712.JAA04645@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <3635598B.3AB54817@null.net> from Nathan Grass at "Oct 27, 98 00:26:35 am"

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Nathan Grass wrote:

> >From the DOS SETUP.EXE I get the following when trying to prepare for
> >a DOS install.
> "BIN.INF: .INF file is corrupt.  Press ESC"
>
> While in the FreeBSD install/setup program (from the boot floppy) I
> can't get the system to find the packages.
>
> Everything has been put in C:\FREEBSD (all caps too if that matters)
> and I even tried converting the bin.inf file to DOS ASCII and get the
> same problem.
>
> The file system is FAT (not FAT32) running Win98 and I can't figure
> out what might be wrong.
>
> Any tips?

Don't use SETUP.EXE.  It is usually very out of date, even if you
got it off a Walnut Creek CDROM.

--
Robert Nordier

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