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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 1996 23:26:58 -0700
From:      leonard@pacbell.net (Leonard Chung)
To:        jrasins@interramp.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5 - Floppy Installation
Message-ID:  <v01540b00ae46f366fa2c@[206.170.0.37]>

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>Check the readme file in the floppies directory to make sure you take the
>correct boot.flp file.  There is one called boot4.flp I believe, but I can't
>remember what it is for.  In most cases, you need the boot.flp file.

The boot4.flp is for machines with only 4 megs of RAM.

>Use good floppy disks (not the thousands of AOL ones you've saved up) and
>format them yourself even if they come preformatted.  May be a waste of
>time, but I've seen too many messages here to have a bad floppy pop up in
>the middle of the install.

The AOL disks worked for me!  Finally, I have a use for all those disks!  ;)

Leonard





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