From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 28 18:17:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA22357 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.97]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22349 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00501; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:17:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Song Lining cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions in install In-Reply-To: <31F9C2EE.59EC@public.jn.sd.cn> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Song Lining wrote: > I tried to install FreeBSD in my Compaq 586/90( 8M RAM ). After the > system read through the first floppy, it told me to insert the next, but > what the "next floppy" refers to and where can I get it? You're installing 2.1-RELEASE or before. You need to grab the 'root.flp' image, write that, and feed it when it asks for it. Or install 2.1.5-RELEASE; it does away with the root.flp. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major