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Date:      Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:32:37 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        mweber@pacbell.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installation
Message-ID:  <20010107113237.B97330@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A5761AB.6744C73E@postoffice.pacbell.net>; from mweber@postoffice.pacbell.net on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:19:24AM -0800
References:  <3A5761AB.6744C73E@postoffice.pacbell.net>

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On Saturday,  6 January 2001 at 10:19:24 -0800, mweber@postoffice.pacbell.net wrote:
> I bought (from fry's) the most recent release. 

I didn't think that Fry's had anything which wasn't at least two
releases out of date.

> The CD-ROM has no installation.bat that I know of.

What's that?

> My computer is an older one (dec lpx+) which has been upgraded from
> 48633 to a 486 100.  I have 2 disks (recognized) and 40 megs of
> memory.  A creative CD which is not bootable but is Matsushita 563.
> It is recognized by 2 different LINUX distributions but not your
> FREEBSD.

The Matsushita 563 is supported, but it's not in the GENERIC kernel.
You'd have to build a new kernel after installation.

> Also, your documentation on how to install from floppies (just a
> bare system) leaves a lot to be desired.  First you are very unclear
> about what files by name are needed.  Or your math is way off.

Which documentation?  Examples, please?

> What gives and why cannot I install ?

One reason appears to be that you're hazy about details.  Which
release of FreeBSD?  What problems are you having with the floppy
install?

Greg
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