Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:21:00 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bobj@ufl.edu> To: darren@bmv.state.me.us, stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 4.2RC1 missing utils to create floppies Message-ID: <3A12C5FC.76FCEB8E@ufl.edu>
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> ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:12:58 -0500 (EST) > From: Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us> > Subject: 4.2RC1 missing utils to create floppies > > Perhaps I'm missing something. I just burned the iso for 4.2RC1 and I > can not find fdimage.exe anywhere on the disk, nor can I find mkflp.bat. > This seems to be normal for Release Candidates. They don't have the MS-DOS utilities rolled in. It should show up when the official Release comes out. I had exactly the same problem the first time I used a RC. > This would be a tad frustraiting to a new user who needs to boot from the > floppies and doesn't have an alternate way of picking them up.... A new user probably shouldn't be trying to beta test a Release Candidate, although it is also true that the install process needs to be tested by new users once in a while. > > The readme in the floppies directory rather implies that they are both in > that directory (actually its mute on the topic but that would be my > assumption if I were reading it as a new user). The install.txt file in the > root sends us to the floppies directory. The on-line handbook claims the > fdimage.exe file can be found in the tools subdirectory. There doesn't seem > to be a tools directory on the disk. > > I've never played with a RC before so perhaps this is a normal situation? > > If I were a new user just coming to FreeBSD I would be completely lost (heh, > maybe I'm missing the obvious and I'm completely lost now;) > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Darren Henderson darren@bmv.state.me.us > darren.henderson@state.me.us > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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