From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 8:38:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (dhcp120.conference.usenix.org [209.179.127.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A4437C060 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:38:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA00502; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:43:49 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:43:49 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Doug Young Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Docs Message-ID: <20000620194349.A418@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> References: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au>; from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au on Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:03:49PM +1000 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:03:49PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > One thing I would like to see in the newbie documentation area is really > detailed step by step info on making installation floppies. I've never > been able to do an installation from floppies yet although it works from > CD no problem..... I follow what I think the instructions mean about > copying the files ..... but apparently I'm doing something wrong because > the system keeps telling me it can't find the files Could you take a look at section 2.2.1.1 of the Handbook, titled "Creating the Boot Floppies", and let me know what you think of that? You should find it at http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/install-guide.html If those instructions are not sufficiently clear, could you explain the problems you're having, so that we can make them clearer. Thanks, N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message