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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

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