Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:53:22 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: Philip Smith <pmsmith@hooked.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD release 2.1.5 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961021115103.26527E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <326AB8F8.675D@hooked.net>
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On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Philip Smith wrote: > I recently purchased a cdrom with freebsd release 2.1.5. > > I tried to install it on my computer, and the first problem i > encountered was that the release didn't contain a copy of the atapi.flp > file, or the root.flp file. To get around this, I used the 2.1.0 > relesae atapi.flp and root.flp file names to install 2.1.5. Should this > have worked? > 2.1.5 doesn't have a separate floppy image for IDE CDROM drives. Just use the normal boot.flp. Also, there is no root.flp image with 2.1.5. I doubt that installing from a 2.1.0 image would work very well. Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= | Carey Nairn | email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au | | Infrastructure Services | phone : (03) 6226 7419 | | Information Technology Services | fax : (03) 6226 7898 | | University of Tasmania. | int'l : (+61 3) | =========================================================================
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