Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:12:25 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@sns.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coping Files From MS-DOS to a BSD Partitian? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970320171151.0083eba0@mail.sns.com>
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At 07:17 PM 3/20/97 -0500, Richard J. Linane wrote: >The only choice I have to install from as a source is a DOS Partitian or >from alot of floppies. > >I think it might intail the mounting of the MS-DOS partitian on the same >drive. >Do I need to mount the partitian to do this and if so how? > >Sincerly, >Rich Linane >Typh0on@concentric.net It's all explained in the installation readme files in the directory with the distribution files. You make a directory on your drive C: called FREEBSD. Under that, copy all the distributions you want to install, the minimum being bin. When you boot off the floppy, tell it you're installing from a FAT partition. It should find the files fine. --Ludwig Pummer ----------------------------------------------------------------- ludwigp@sns.com http://chipweb.home.ml.org http://www.sns.com/~ludwigp <--^-- Updated 11/22/96 PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page
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