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From: Steve Schwartz <steve@server.gslink.com>
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> You don't have to download 5 million things.  Just download the
> floppies/boot.flp image from whichever distribution it is you're
> interested in (at the top level directory pub/FreeBSD), write that to
> a floppy and boot it.  Read the docs on the boot floppy and follow the
> steps described and it will grab everything for you.

ok, great.  When I get boot.flp image, and type 'rawerite boot.flp a:' it 
writes to the disk for about 3 min..then when I boot up with it, my 
computer just sits there, and does nothing.  Umm, am I missing something? 
I'm going to try and download it again.