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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!mypc From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Downloading freebsd to a PC ??? Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 07:41:43 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4plsbn$100_002@mypc.neosoft.com> References: <4oqu62$424@tzlink.j51.com> <4os0df$asv@jraynard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.130 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <4os0df$asv@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) wrote: >In article <4oqu62$424@tzlink.j51.com>, k <landau@yu1.yu.edu> wrote: >>at. Can anyone out there tell me what files I need to take down in >>order to install frebsd on a DOS PC. I could download it to one >>machine and transfer the files onto the dos machine if it is possible >>to install directly from the machine. Otherwise, I could install it >>from disks. You may install from a DOS partition if you'd like. >The directory you are looking for is called something like > >/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE > >(Sorry, I'm not online at the moment). > >It should have a number of directories in it, plus a few files with >names like INSTALL.TXT and README.TXT, which you should read (and >perhaps print out). > >Grab boot.flp from the floppies subdirectory and use it to make a boot >disk as per the instructions. If you're going to be online when you >install, all you need to do is boot with it and the install program >will automatically pull down the necessary files. You'll also need rawrite.exe from the tools directory to write the floppy image. -- Conrad Sabatier -- http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/