Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:50:00 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Thomas Schuyler" <tschuyler@state.de.us> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Help!? Message-ID: <5713.850938600@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:14:45 EST." <vines.Zvv7%2BSM1imA@bangate.state.de.us>
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This file is now dead, and the docs were out of date, sorry. > > Pls Help! Can't find file "/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-Release/floppies/root.flp". > TIA.... > > ============================================================================ > > 2.2.2. Before installing from Floppy > > If you must install from floppy disks, either due to unsupported hardware or > simply because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must first prepare > some floppies for the install. > > The first floppy that you will need in addition to the boot.flp image is > ``floppies/root.flp'', which is somewhat special in that it is not a DOS > filesystem floppy at all, but rather a floppy "image" (it's actually a gzip'd > cpio file). You can create this floppy in the same way that you created the > boot floppy the beginning of this guide. Once this floppy is made, you can go > on to .... >
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