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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Installation Question
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 11:15:18 GMT
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In article <1m1its$5p1@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
> Your installed kit of base utilities off the installation disk includes
> "mread" which will read MS-DOS formatted disks.

It should also contain cpio, which is probably a better format for this
purpose. I installed 386BSD from a set of CPIOed floppies instead of DOS
floppies, and it works fine. If you can write CPIO floppies your BSD-to-be
box can read (same disk type and density) you might want to do that instead.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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