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From: Steve Tremblett <tremblett@gmail.com>
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Subject: installation without CDROM
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I understand how to mount an ISO image and share it via NFS or FTP,
but the docs leave out one major step:  how do I boot the machine INTO
the installer to choose the media??  I've got a floppy drive, but the
5.3/4-RELEASE area in FTP has no floppy directory, and even the
"Install from floppies" section assumes that you had some sort of
boot-disk without mentioning where to get it or how to make it.

help please!

Steve