Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:54:03 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Kris" <Kris@RasterMind.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <01f901bf7a95$60c40c80$827e03cb@ORACLE> References: <000e01bf7aad$869e10a0$3ed884a9@oemcomputer>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01F4_01BF7AE9.29D31050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well I've done it from floppies on some 386's we use as gateway boxes = but it takes a while :) There is a trick not explained in the handbook as well as I'd like about = exactly what goes on the floppies .... from memory the "Complete FreeBSD" covers it quite well = though ..... basically what you need to do is DOS format a bunch of floppies, create "bin" = directories on each one & copy as many of the files in the "bin" directory on the FTP site as will fit = .... whats not mentioned clearly though is that you MUST put a copy of "bin.inf" on each floppy or it = won't work ... at least thats=20 what happened here every time I tried it=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kris=20 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 5:47 PM hey how do i install unix on my system from 1.44 mb disks it has no cd rom or op sys that functions properly help ------=_NextPart_000_01F4_01BF7AE9.29D31050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well I've done it from floppies on some = 386's we=20 use as gateway boxes but it takes a while :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is a trick not explained in the = handbook as=20 well as I'd like about exactly what goes on the</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>floppies .... from memory the "Complete = FreeBSD"=20 covers it quite well though ..... basically what</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>you need </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>to do=20 is DOS format a bunch of floppies, create "bin" directories on each one = &=20 copy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as many of the files in the "bin" = directory on the=20 FTP site as will fit .... whats not mentioned clearly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>though is that you MUST put a copy of = "bin.inf" on=20 each floppy or it won't work ... at least thats </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>what happened here every time I tried = it=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:Kris@RasterMind.com" = title=3DKris@RasterMind.com>Kris</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 title=3Dfreebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 19, = 2000 5:47=20 PM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hey how do i install unix on my = system from 1.44=20 mb disks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>it has no cd rom</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>or op sys that functions = properly</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>help</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01F4_01BF7AE9.29D31050-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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