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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:59:23 -0500
From:      Scott Robbins <scottro@despammed.com>
To:        Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc:        broly@bigfoot.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.6 installation
Message-ID:  <20020819055923.GA22936%scottro@despammed.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020819044553.GF785@k7.mavetju>
References:  <20020819041227.81143.qmail@web21301.mail.yahoo.com> <20020819044553.GF785@k7.mavetju>

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:45:53PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
>=20
> The file you've downloaded is a one-on-one mirror of a CD image.
> That means, don't drag-or-drop it or you'll end up with a file
> called 4.6-install.iso on your CD instead of the directory layout
> you expect(*). Tell your software to treat the file as an ISO image
> and you'll end up with the directory layout you expect.
>=20
> (*) Don't laugh, already two people I know have had this happen to them.

Only two? I maintain a faq for a few Linux lists aimed at beginners.
That question was added quite awhile ago--these weren't necessarily
stupid people, just people who didn't know any better.
>=20

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Scott

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