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From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
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Read the handbook at www.freebsd.org.  Part 1, section 2 describes the
installation procedure.  Please read this carefully.  Pay close
attention to 'Installing FreeBSD' and 'Before installing over a
network'.  But, read all of this section before you start.

Initially, all you need to download are a couple of files, boot.flp
and a tool to write that file to a floppy, fdimage.exe.  Make sure you
download these two files as binary images!

After you create a floppy containing boot.flp, 'fdimage boot.flp a:',
you boot your system with this floppy.

After you select the options in sysinstall, all the proper files will
be downloaded without your help.  With a 28.8 modem, this does not
take long.  Go away, eat, watch TV, etc.  You do not have to be in
attendance.  When the selected distributions are installed, sysinstall
will wait for you to do some more work.  It will wait forever.  So,
you do not have to watch it.

There is a tutorial for new users at www.freebsd.org/tutorials.

Please read the handbook and the tutorial.

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