From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 18:30:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA24641 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA24565 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA00976; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:11:53 -0700 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:11:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Christopher Romer cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: INSTALLATION FROM FLOPPY In-Reply-To: <01BB26D7.6F0F04E0@romerc.palmcoastd.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Christopher Romer wrote: > > > In the instructions for installing version 2.1 from floppy they suggest > placing every file in the BIN directory in its own subdirectory, is this > true? The example looks like they are just in a BIN directory on the > floppy. No. Copy as many of the archives as possible onto the root directory of a floppy, and continue until all the files are copied. > Also, the instructions for making the BOOT and ROOT floppy were confusing. > I ended up downloading RAWRITE.EXE after reading the README.TXT in the > floppies directory. Installation notes could have been clearer. Really? put a formatted floppy in; rawrite boot.flp a: :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major