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Date:      Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:11:10 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Blue Temp <cbeverly@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hmmmm
Message-ID:  <19971102121110.03928@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <345BBDAB.49514BE5@mindspring.com>; from Blue Temp on Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 05:39:24PM -0600
References:  <345BBDAB.49514BE5@mindspring.com>

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On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 05:39:24PM -0600, Blue Temp wrote:
> I have been trying to install freebsd for about 4 hours now. Reading
> your webpage re reading it, logging on to your ftp site ect. Even tried
> the floppy installation which btw: was a work of genius. I mean giving a
> program that "Supposedly" Formats and makes a floppy bootable for the
> installation is a really great idea. If it worked! Even the attempt at
> d/ling the boot.flp is a good idea if it fit on a floppy.

Looks like you're downloading it incorrectly.  You have do download it
in binary.

>   Yeah it would be cool to buy a cd just so that I could have freeware.
> But there is something that just doesn't seem right about that ave.

There's plenty right about it.  Saves you a lot of holes in your foot.

Greg



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