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From: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf)
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Subject: Installation of FreeBSD-2.1 from DOS partition
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Hello,

I mailed a question last Monday concerning a problem installing FreeBSD
2.1 from a DOS partition.  I was able to install the minimal system (44MB)
from floppy with the help of the root floppy image I created using
rawrite.exe.  I have yet to install the system from my DOS partition.
Either I have seriosly fudged the installation process (unlikely since I
followed the instructions religiously) or there in a bug in the installation
floppy when the installation medium is an MSDOS partition.  I suspect the 
latter.  It seems that FreeBSD either cannot find the root.flp image
which I put into c:\freebsd\floppies from e:\floppies or it cannot find
the contents of c:\freebsd\bin which is where I put the contents of
e:\dists\bin.  Perhaps there is a discrepancy between the installation 
manual's described path for the bin.* files or the root.flp image, and
the installation program's actaual path for looking for these files.

I would appreciate a reply.  You can reference my Monday, 22-JAN-96 message
sent to questions@FreeBSD.org.

Thank You,

J. Metcalf