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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:22:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "David B. Small" <david.small@usa.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Using a 2.2.5 boot floppy to load from a 2.2.2 CDROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980123132221.8161t-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BD26FE.6019BC90.david.small@usa.net>

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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, David B. Small wrote:

> I have a Walnut Creek 2.2.2 CDROM.
> My computer configuration (ATAPI CDROM drive on the 2nd controller, an 
> inability to move it to the first controller, ...) has made it difficult 
> for me to install FreeBSD (and I've been unsuccessful in loading from a FAT 
> partition, as the install program has trouble mounting it, even after the 
> partition editor has found it)
> 
> In any case, I believe that 2.2.5 may have better ATAPI support, but I 
> don't have 2.2.5.
> I'd like to know if it's possible for me to download some small subset of 
> 2.2.5 from cdrom.com, and then use that to install from my CD.
> 
> Thanks for your help (and thanks to everyone who's helped so far),

Yes -- you can fetch the 2.2.5 boot.flp, go to the options screen, and
tell it you're installing 2.2.2.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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