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This file is now dead, and the docs were out of date, sorry.

> 
> 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 ....
>