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Subject: Re: INSTALL-BY-FLOPPY
To: cs932304@red.ariel.cs.yorku.ca (DANIEL B REID)
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:21:25 +0000 ()
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> 
> using dd if=<bla> of=<bla> I created the images. (on linux system)
> for the boot and root flp
> 
> using an available NT server I downloaded bin.aa bin.ab ... etc
> on NFS sharing using Windows95 I created 12 disks a:\bin\bin.aa ...
> etc ..
 
OK so far...

> The boot.flp works fine ... I can do everything except the following:
> (I have downloaded and read your faq.)
> 
> once I select floppies as my install medium neither root.flp nor simply
> starting with the first floppy with a bin directory works.
> 
> with the root.flp I got the following error:
> 
> error mounting floppy fd0 (/dev/fd0) on /dist
 
root.flp was killed off some time between 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 (thank
goodness!), so I don't see where it comes into the equation.  Are
you being asked for it by the install program?

(Unfortunately none of the users who helped us beta-test the install
program seem to use floppies, so this part hasn't been tested very 
well).