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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:42:12 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Josh Fox wrote:

> 22:44 GMT 7/31/03
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> I am a newer BSD user and a fairly seasoned Solaris user; I am having a
> FreeBSD install problem.  Is there anyone in the San Jose, CA area that
> can get with me Tuesday 8/5/03 in the lobby of the San Jose Wyndham to
> help tackle my install problem.  I have a Panasonic CF-25 Toughbook,
> and can get into the Sysinstall of 5.0, but I can only run 1 of 2 input
> medias at a time: either floppy (3.5") or CD.  I cannot swap the floppy
> once Sysinstall loads and therefore cannot load from the CD.

Won't the notebook boot off the CD?  (I'd suggest using 5.1 at this
point, or 4.8 for something more polished.)

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA