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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Subject: Re: bin/3231: The fixit.flp image dows not boot from the floppy. Should it?
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3231; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: Robert_Batten@Candle.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/3231: The fixit.flp image dows not boot from the floppy. Should it?
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 02:02:55 +0200

 As Robert_Batten@Candle.com wrote:
 
 > >Description:
 > The Fixit.flp image does not boot. Should it?
 
 No.  It shouldn't.  There's no space to put a /kernel on it, that's
 why it is structured as a supplement floppy to the normal boot floppy.
 Sysinstall has a menu entry that lets you use the fixit floppy.
 
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 cheers, J"org
 
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