Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 08:58:40 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy install still broken? Message-ID: <17388.857235520@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Mar 1997 11:35:29 EST." <33185AD1.41C67EA6@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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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
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