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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:24:22 -0500
From: Ken Mason <KMASON@MAIL.NYSED.GOV>
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Subject:  Installing FreeBSD 2.1.6
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I am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.1.6 an am encountering the following
problem:  After the installation reads the bin floppies I get the message
"Couldn't extract the following distributions. This maybe because they
were not on the installation media chosen: doc manpages dict

After the install, I re-booted and used sysinstall in an attempt to install the
doc disks.  I the got the message "Unable to get packages/INDEX from
selected media".

Please note that I do have the .inf files on the install floppies.  Also, I
believe I have the files in the appropriate directories on the floppies
(bin,dict,doc,manpages)

Any suggestions that could be provided would be appreciated.

Kenneth Mason
Data Communications Specialist
New York State Education Department
kmason@mail.nysed.gov