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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:14:54 +0000 ()
From:      James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        ivy1@pop.erols.com (Bob Sinclair)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: root.flp
Message-ID:  <199608011614.QAA03849@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199607311120.HAA15164@smtp1.erols.com> from "Bob Sinclair" at Jul 31, 96 07:20:51 am

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> I am trying to install 2.1.5 RELEASE, but cannot find root.flp that the
> install demands (install from floppies and install from DOS partition). I
> have downloaded bin.aa etc into a dos FREEBSD\BIN directory, used rawrite to
> make a boot disk, partitioned my disk, etc.  Isn't there a root.flp on the
> server as there is a boot.flp? Can you tell me the precise subdirectory? Thanks!

root.flp is no more - it's been replaced by a separate .inf file for
each distribution (presumably it's trying to load root.flp as a fallback
for not being able to find bin.inf.

If you add bin.inf to your FREEBSD\BIN directory, that should sort it out.




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