From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 3 2:41:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from leap.innerx.net (leap.innerx.net [38.179.176.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A55114F2E for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ip137.houston2.tx.pub-ip.psi.net [38.11.201.137]) by leap.innerx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9EE37067; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 05:41:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA40043; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 04:41:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 04:41:27 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Sue Blake Cc: David Shafer , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My FreeBSD Experience Message-ID: <19990603044127.F38175@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: <000501bead7d$34c38a60$565cfed0@default> <19990603153923.27985@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.2i In-Reply-To: <19990603153923.27985@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 03:39:23PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 3, 1999, Sue Blake wrote: > Eek, I wonder if you've ever installed those from floppy disks! > I had to install a floppy disk version of MS-Office once, and I growled > at everybody for days afterwards :-) As a response to both the original complaint and yourself, I've installed Windows 95 from floppies. Combine the 'media errors' with the 'put in disk 1, 3, 7, and jump on the area in your lawn with the most dense grass' and it tends to give the installer a headache. You're much better off installing it off the CD, or via FTP (or even via NFS)! -- Chris Costello It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message