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To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: floppy install still broken? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Mar 1997 11:35:29 EST."
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Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 08:58:40 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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I think you might have failed to read ABOUT.TXT. :-)

You also need the bin.inf file.

				Jordan

> Hey guys,
> 
> A long time ago, (2.1.0 times) , I reported that the floppy installation
> was
> broken. It appears to me that it's still broken in 2.1.7. 8-( .
> 
> Why am I installing from floppies? Laptop with no ethernet.... 8-(( .
> 
> Anyhow, I have tried both MS-DOS and Unix formatted floppies, with
> the bin.a.. files in the floppy / and /bin directories. In all cases
> cases, install reports it can't find the distribution. I even tried
> making it /dist/bin/bin.a.. on the floppy.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Durham