From owner-freebsd-questions  Thu Jan  9 09:37:00 1997
Return-Path: <owner-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA11879
          for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:37:00 -0800 (PST)
Received: from nwi.calumet.purdue.edu (nwi.calumet.purdue.edu [205.215.64.9])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA11874
          for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:36:57 -0800 (PST)
Received: from RDGORDNE (m01-12d-249.calumet.purdue.edu [205.215.102.249]) by nwi.calumet.purdue.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id LAA27758; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:35:20 -0600
Message-ID: <32D52D05.7A4@nwi.calumet.purdue.edu>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 11:38:13 -0600
From: Richard Gordner <gordner@calumet.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: gordner@calumet.purdue.edu
Organization: Purdue University Calumet
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
CC: gordner@nwi.calumet.purdue.edu
Subject: Can't install from Floppies
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

I have been trying for the past couple of days to install a version
newer than 2.1.0 of freebsd with floppies. I have been downloading the
bin and manpages files for 2.1.0 and have no problem, using the root.flp
prior to loading the bin and manpages distribution. Your later versions
don't have a root.flp and after the 'commit' step I am told to insert
the floppy into the A drive.. The Floppy has a:/bin/aa.bin , DOS files
on it and needs to be extracted.  I have read your instructions many
times and I can't get the distribution bin or manpages to load.
Suggestions please....I have no problem with 2.1.0 installing with
floppies.

Rick Gordner Purdue Calumet University