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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install from CDROM over LAN?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 16:43:16 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Stephen Mathezer <mathezer@newera.ab.ca>

Stephen Mathezer wrote:
> How about if the machine
> with the CDROm drive
> doesn't understand cd9660?

That's impossible.

The only thing it might not understand is the Rockridge extensions, but
long filenames aren't required since all the floppy and dist files are
8.3 names (look for yourself! :-).
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project