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From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com>
To: "Randal L. Carr" <carrkeys@annap.infi.net>
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Subject: Re: Installation
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Is root.flp in \floppies?

Also, you may not have to do it this way but I always start with \dists 
and put everything in there, the \floppies

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Randal L. Carr wrote:

> I am attempting an installation using an MS-DOS partition.  Everything works
> fine until the final steps when I get an error that reads "cannot locate
> root image, please fix this problem and try again".
> 
> Any idea why this error occurs.  I have the files in a directory like this:
> 
> c:\FreeBSD\
>           \bin
>           \des
>           \dict
>           \floppies
>           \games
> etc, etc...
> 
> I am trying to install to D:
> 
> The boot manager works fine, F1 for DOS, F5 for disk 2
> 
> thank you....
> 

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