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From: pug@arlut.utexas.edu (Richard P. Bainter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.0 damn it! ;)
Date: 19 Oct 1994 08:08:20 -0500
Organization: Applied Research Labs - The University of Texas at Austin
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In article <1994Oct18.092353.7117@uts.amdahl.com>,
Alistair G. Crooks <agc@uts.amdahl.com> wrote:
>>WRONG!! Wouldnt you know it, but it wont install on a machine with only
>>one floppy drive...and of course I only have one drive. My machine is
>>not connected to the net, I have no access to download the files, the
>>only way is to put them on floppies. This sucks.
>Well, that's your loss.
Yes, but when your last install worked with one floppy, why not still
support it?
>For everybody else, the core team are currently testing the i386
>floppy images for 1 floppy install - I saw the CVS commits fly
>past today.
As well, there is a thread in this newsgroup with posts from mysel and
another individual on how to do this with the current install floppy.
Please note that it is not for the faint of heart, but it does work.
Ciao,
--
Richard Bainter Mundanely | System Analyst - OMG/CSD
Pug Generally | Applied Research Labs - U.Texas
pug@arlut.utexas.edu | pug@bga.com
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