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"David" <david@huffstutler.com> writes:

> This is the error I get when trying to install FBSD using kern.flp and mfsroot.flp for 5.1-RELEASE.

Offhand, these look like problems with the floppies.
Try other disks, and make sure you don't download the images in "text"
mode.  

Also, you might want to stick with FreeBSD 4.x unless you have a
specific reason for running 5.x; see 
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html