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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!merlin!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!tfs.com!mailhub.tfs.com!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Where to start? Message-ID: <D9s6vz.DnL@tfs.com> Sender: usenet@tfs.com (Mr. News) Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA References: <3qtasf$qec@Owl.nstn.ca> <kargl-0506951540030001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> <3r0bte$2ia@bell.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 02:28:46 GMT Lines: 37 In article <3r0bte$2ia@bell.maths.tcd.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: >kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) writes: > >>Download the ftp://pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/boot.flp (Use binary >>transfer.) > >>Use the rawrite.exe utility under MS-DOS to copy this image to a 1.44M floppy. > >>Boot this disk and start reading the documentation. > >(1) What documentation ? The install menu has several options to allow you to page through various relevent files.. (e.g. install-notes and soem FAQ parts) > >(2) What is the function of root.flp ? >[The only documentation I saw said that >both boot.flp and root.flp were needed.] The root floppy contains many of the utilities needed after you have set up the hard-disk.. The contents are copied over to the hard-disk to get you started.. for an FTP install (or some others) the root floppy isn't needed, as the same contents are copied in from the network. They are needed for (for example) a floppy install, and possibly for an MSDOS partition based install. > > >-- >Timothy Murphy >e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie >tel: +353-1-2842366 >s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland