From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 15 11:02:18 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA07589 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 11:02:18 -0800 Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA07581 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 11:02:14 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA03576 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 12:03:25 -0700 Message-Id: <199503151903.MAA03576@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ... how to install from floppies? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Mar 1995 08:05:31 PST." <199503151605.IAA16435@netcom14.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 12:03:23 -0700 From: Steve Passe Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> "... I need to install from floppies. How do I create the necessary >> floppies from the bindist and srcdist files?" > [...answer removed...] thanx, filed away for future reference. can anyone give an equally nice description of how one would create a set of tapes containing the install tree for use when install offers the "from tape" option? I am assumming an existing unix system, no need to coerce this from DOS. thanx in advance, Steve Passe smp@clem.systemsix.com