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From: Duncan Orthner <p6orthne@cquest.utoronto.ca>
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Subject: Installing from a DOS partition...
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     Hi, I want to install FreeBSD on my machine. Is it possible for me to
transfer the files using a windows ftp program (preserving the dir
structure) to a DOS partition and then install from there? As near as I
can tell from the handbook, the 'install from DOS partition' option
expects the bin files to be gzipped, as I believe they are on the CD. Is
this possible?

                         Thanx, Duncan