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make sure that the files bin.inf, bin.mtree and install.sh are on the 
first diskette. You may not need all of these but you need at least one 
of them and i can't remember which ones. if you intend to install any 
other distributions (like manpages) i think you have to put the .inf 
file etc... on the last diskette of the /bin distribution in the correct 
dir (manpages/  ??)

once you've installed this much the best thing is to connect to the 
internet and download the rest.

good luck
andrew perry
andrew@shoal.net.au

RT Hamilton Brown wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install vi floppy...arggg. I believe I configured
> everything correctly but when I'm prompted to insert the floppy for
> floppy drive unit A, I receive the following message:
> 
> "Couldn't extract the following distributions. This may be because
> they were not available on the installation media you've chosen:
> 
> bin"
> 
> On the floppies, I have one directory /bin. In each directory I have
> five files, bin.aa -- and so on. They are formatted using the ms-dos
> format command. Did I do something incorrectly? Did I miss something?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> RT Brown