Date: Wed, 18 Dec 96 13:14:45 EST From: "Thomas Schuyler" <tschuyler@state.de.us> To: <freebsd-doc@freeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installation Help!? Message-ID: <vines.Zvv7%2BSM1imA@bangate.state.de.us>
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Pls Help! Can't find file "/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-Release/floppies/root.flp". TIA.... ============================================================================ 2.2.2. Before installing from Floppy If you must install from floppy disks, either due to unsupported hardware or simply because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must first prepare some floppies for the install. The first floppy that you will need in addition to the boot.flp image is ``floppies/root.flp'', which is somewhat special in that it is not a DOS filesystem floppy at all, but rather a floppy "image" (it's actually a gzip'd cpio file). You can create this floppy in the same way that you created the boot floppy the beginning of this guide. Once this floppy is made, you can go on to ....
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