Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:45:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "K.C. Komosky" <kc@mb.sympatico.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960924104300.3145W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <324835A2.2948@mb.sympatico.ca>
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On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, K.C. Komosky wrote: > > That's not unusual, unfortunately the floppy install instructions are less > > than accurate. > > Could you clarify this please? Since I've been unable to install FreeBSD > from my DOS partition, even with your help, I'm ging to have to try a disk > install. > > However, I've seen you make statements similar to the above one before. So > what is missing and/or inaccurate in the instructions for floppy install? I'll try to expand on this. 1) On each floppy, the distfiles must be in their respective directory. In the bin set, you must make a bin\ directory and put the bin.* files in that. 2) bin.inf must be on the first disk. On each following disk, the .inf file for the next distribution must be on it. I believe the one after bin is manpages. Check the archives; someone made up detailed instructions for this. If you want to try this, I have a hunch that it'll work. Try putting *all* the .inf's only on the very first disk. I haven't tried it myself tho. 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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