Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:43:49 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Docs Message-ID: <20000620194349.A418@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au>; from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au on Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:03:49PM %2B1000 References: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
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On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:03:49PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > One thing I would like to see in the newbie documentation area is really > detailed step by step info on making installation floppies. I've never > been able to do an installation from floppies yet although it works from > CD no problem..... I follow what I think the instructions mean about > copying the files ..... but apparently I'm doing something wrong because > the system keeps telling me it can't find the files Could you take a look at section 2.2.1.1 of the Handbook, titled "Creating the Boot Floppies", and let me know what you think of that? You should find it at http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/install-guide.html If those instructions are not sufficiently clear, could you explain the problems you're having, so that we can make them clearer. Thanks, N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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